A review of present techniques and methodological advances in analyzing 234Th in aquatic systems

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 190-212

  van der Loeff, Michiel Rutgers ^a   Sarin, Manmohan M ^b   Baskaran, Mark ^c   Benitez Nelson, Claudia ^d   Buesseler, Ken O ^e   Charette, Matt ^e   Dai, Minhan ^f   Gustafsson, Örjan ^g   Masque, Pere ^h   Morris, Paul J ⁱ   Orlandini, Kent ^j   Rodriguez y Baena, Alessia ^k   Savoye, Nicolas ^l   Schmidt, Sabine ^m   Turnewitsch, Robert ⁱ   Vöge, Ingrid ^a   Waples, James T ⁿ  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

ⁱ NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^j ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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Author keywords

234Th; Analytical techniques; Export; Methodology; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; SAMPLING; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 33646380764     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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