Thorium and uranium isotopes in a manganese nodule from the Peru basin determined by alpha spectrometry and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS): Are manganese supply and growth related to climate?

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 577-585

  Bollhofer A ^a   Eisenhauer, A ^a   Frank, N ^a   Pech, D ^a   Mangini, A ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Manganese nodules; Peru basin; Thorium dating; TIMS; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349109516     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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