The magnesium isotope budget of the modern ocean: Constraints from riverine magnesium isotope ratios

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 241-253

  Tipper, E T ^a   Galy, A ^a   Gaillardet, J ^b   Bickle, M J ^a   Elderfield, H ^a   Carder, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

cycle; flux; isotopes; magnesium; Mg; oceans; palaeo oceanography; rivers; weathering

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS; RIVERINE FLUX;

FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; MANGANESE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; SEAWATER; WEATHERING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DRAINAGE BASIN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; MASS BALANCE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748888411     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.037     Document Type: Article

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