Ca/Sr and 87Sr/86Sr ratios as tracers of Ca and Sr cycling in the Rio Icacos watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 32-45

  Pett Ridge, Julie C ^a   Derry, Louis A ^a   Barrows, Jenna K ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Ca Sr; Luquillo; Soil

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALCIUM; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WEATHERING RATE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO; RIO ICACOS;

EID: 69549111352     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.11.022     Document Type: Article

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