Control on (234U/238U) in lake water: A study in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica

Chemical Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 298-308

  Henderson, Gideon M ^a   Hall, Brenda L ^b   Smith, Andrew ^a   Robinson, Laura F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dry Valleys; Lake chemistry; Uranium isotopes; Weathering

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; URANIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 32644442565     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.09.026     Document Type: Article

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