Determination of rare earth, major and trace elements in authigenic fraction of Andaman Sea (Northeastern Indian Ocean) sediments by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-97

  Alagarsamy, R ^a,b   You, C F ^b   Nath, B N ^a   Kumar, A V Sijin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; Fe Mn oxy hydroxides; Rare earth elements; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450222910     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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