The release of dissolved actinium to the ocean: A global comparison of different end-members

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 409-420

  Geibert, Walter ^a,g,h   Charette, Matt ^b   Kim, Guebuem ^c   Moore, Willard S ^d   Street, Joseph ^f   Young, Megan ^e   Paytan, Adina ^f  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinium; Continental shelf; Global circulation models; Ocean mixing; Radium; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; GULF OF MEXICO; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; KOREAN STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049099006     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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