Variability in the uranium isotopic composition of the oceans over glacial-interglacial timescales

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 4140-4150

  Esat, Tezer M ^a   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33746804153     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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