Modelling the effect of boundary scavenging on Thorium and Protactinium profiles in the ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3091-3107

  Roy Barman, M ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GYRE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICLE SETTLING; PROTACTINIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); THORIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70249103584     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-3091-2009     Document Type: Article

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