Riverine behaviour of uranium and lithium isotopes in an actively glaciated basaltic terrain

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 134-147

  Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A E ^a   Burton, Kevin W ^a   James, Rachael H ^a   van Calsteren, Peter ^a   Gíslason, Sigurdur R ^b   Mokadem, Fatima ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

basalt weathering; glacial weathering; iceland; lithium isotopes; uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASALT WEATHERING; CHEMICAL EROSION; GLACIAL WEATHERING; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

BASALT; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; LITHIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BEDLOAD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLVED LOAD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHIUM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33750335264     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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