Neodymium isotopes in seawater from the Barents Sea and Fram Strait Arctic-Atlantic gateways

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2854-2867

  Andersson, Per S ^a   Porcelli, Don ^b   Frank, Martin ^c   Björk, Göran ^d   Dahlqvist, Ralf ^a,e   Gustafsson, Örjan ^e  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN; WATER EXCHANGE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EURASIAN BASIN; FRAM STRAIT; NANSEN BASIN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 44549086960     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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