Experimental evidence for 234U-238U fractionation during granite weathering with implications for 234U/238U in natural waters

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4124-4141

  Andersen, Morten B ^a,b   Erel, Yigal ^c   Bourdon, Bernard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GRANITE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LEACHING; MODELING; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 66149108034     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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