Assessing the role of climate on uranium and lithium isotope behaviour in rivers draining a basaltic terrain

Chemical Geology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 227-239

  von Strandmann, Philip A E Pogge ^a,b   Burton, Kevin W ^a,c   James, Rachael H ^a,d   van Calsteren, Peter ^a   Gislason, Sigurdur R ^e  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Azores; Clay formation; Lithium isotopes; Sao Miguel; Uranium isotopes; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHIUM; RIVER WATER; SECONDARY MINERAL; SORPTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

AZORES; ICELAND; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL;

EID: 74449086809     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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