Sediment transport time measured with U-series isotopes: Results from ODP North Atlantic drift site 984

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 394-410

  DePaolo, Donald J ^a,b   Maher, Kate ^a,b   Christensen, John N ^b   McManus, Jerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

geochronology; glacial cycles; isotope geochemistry; North Atlantic; sediment transport; U series isotopes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GLACIAL CYCLES; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENTS; URANIUM-SERIES ISOTOPES;

SEDIMENTS;

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URANIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33746732355     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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