Strontium, lead and zinc isotopes in marine cores as tracers of sedimentary provenance: A case study around Taiwan orogen

Chemical Geology

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 62-82

  Bentahila, Yasmine ^a   Ben Othman, Dalila ^a   Luck, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Marine core; Pb Sr isotopes; Sediment source; Taiwan; Zn isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; ZINC;

ASIA; COASTAL RANGE [TAIWAN]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 38649087333     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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