Acquisition of the neodymium isotopic composition of the North Atlantic Deep Water

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Lacan, Francois ^a   Jeandel, Catherine ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary exchange; Neodymium isotopic composition; North Atlantic Deep Water; Rare earth elements; Sediment seawater interaction; Water mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846371953     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000956     Document Type: Article

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