Strontium isotope variations in the lower Mississippi River and its estuarine mixing zone

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 118-128

  Xu, Yingfeng ^a   Marcantonio, Franco ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi River; Spatial; Strontium; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247586013     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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