Experimental measurement of boron isotope fractionation in seawater

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 276-285

  Klochko, Kateryna ^a   Kaufman, Alan J ^a   Yao, Wengsheng ^b   Byrne, Robert H ^b   Tossell, John A ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

boron isotope equilibrium constant; marine carbonates; seawater pH proxy

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBONATES; DISSOCIATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE REACTION; MARINE CARBONATES; SEAWATER PH PROXY;

SEAWATER;

BORON ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SEAWATER;

EID: 33746511063     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.034     Document Type: Article

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