Nd and Pb isotope signatures on the Southeastern South American upper margin: Implications for sediment transport and source rocks

Marine Geology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 51-63

  de Mahiques, Michel Michaelovitch ^a   Tassinari, Colombo Celso Gaeta ^a   Marcolini, Susana ^b   Violante, Roberto A ^b   Figueira, Rubens Cesar Lopes ^c   da Silveira, Ilson Carlos Almeida ^a   Burone, Leticia ^a   de Mello e Sousa, Silvia Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

neodymium and lead isotopes; sedimentation; Southwestern Atlantic upper margin

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; LEAD ISOTOPES;

LEAD; NEODYMIUM; ROCKS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ISOTOPES;

LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOURCE ROCK;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41349083930     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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