The influence of particle composition on Thorium scavenging in the Mediterranean Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 526-534

  Roy Barman, M ^a   Lemaitre C ^a,b   Ayrault, S ^a   Jeandel, C ^c   Souhaut, M ^c   Miquel, J C ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

Author keywords

DYFAMED; marine particle; Mediterranean Sea; scavenging; sediment trap; thorium; trapping efficiency

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEEP OCEAN; DYFAMED; MARINE PARTICLE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MN CONCENTRATIONS; MN CONTENT; MN OXIDES; ORGANIC MATTER FRACTION; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; SINKING PARTICLES; TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES; TRAPPING EFFICIENCY;

ALUMINA; BARIUM; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THORIUM; TIME SERIES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL CRUST; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT TRAP; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 70249095284     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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