Climatic control of riverine and seawater uranium-isotope ratios

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5685, 2004, Pages 851-854

  Robinson, Laura F ^a,b   Henderson, Gideon M ^a   Hall, Lisa ^a,c   Matthews, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RMS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; RAIN; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WEATHERING;

CLIMATIC CONTROL; CORALS; GLACIAL CYCLES; YOUNGER-DRYAS LIKE COOLING;

URANIUM;

ISOTOPE; SEA WATER; URANIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238;

CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CORAL; GLACIER; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 3843060043     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1099673     Document Type: Article

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