230Th and 231Pa in the Arctic Ocean: Implications for particle fluxes and basin-scale Th/Pa fractionation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 155-167

  Edmonds, Henrietta N ^a   Moran, S Bradley ^b   Cheng, Hai ^c   Edwards, R Lawrence ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Protactinium 231; Scavenging; Shelf basin exchange; Thorium 230

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; ICE COVER; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 5044222415     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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