Lithium, magnesium and uranium isotope behaviour in the estuarine environment of basaltic islands

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 462-471

  Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A E ^a,b   James, Rachael H ^a   van Calsteren, Peter ^a   Gíslason, Sigurdur R ^c   Burton, Kevin W ^a,d,e  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azores; estuarine mixing; Iceland; lithium isotopes; magnesium isotopes; uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

AZORES; ESTUARINE MIXING; ICELAND; ISOTOPE DATA; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM ISOTOPES; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; SULPHATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATERIAL; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

ACTINIDES; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT METALS; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

BASALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MIXING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; MACARONESIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 52749088121     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.041     Document Type: Article

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