The use of foraminifera as a record of the past neodymium isotope composition of seawater

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Vance, Derek ^a   Scrivner, Adam E ^a   Beney, Patricia ^a   Staubwasser, Michael ^b   Henderson, Gideon M ^b   Slowey, Niall C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Isotopes; Neodymium; Ocean chemistry; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEAWATER;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 3543140140     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000957     Document Type: Article

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