Neodymium isotopes in Archean seawater and implications for the marine Nd cycle in Earth's early oceans

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 144-155

  Alexander, Brian W ^a   Bau, Michael ^a   Andersson, Per ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Archean; Isua; neodymium; Pietersburg; seawater

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON-FORMATIONS; CRUSTAL SOURCES; DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GREENLAND; GREENSTONE BELTS; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISUA; METAL-OXIDE; OCEANIC CRUST; PIETERSBURG; PRODUCED WATER; SCAVENGING PROCESS; SHALLOW-WATER; SOUTH AFRICA; VOLCANICS;

GALLIUM; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCAVENGING; SEAWATER;

NEODYMIUM;

ARCHEAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; VENTING;

AFRICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 65649096884     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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