The fundamental role of island arc weathering in the oceanic Sr isotope budget

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Allègre, Claude J ^a   Louvat, Pascale ^a   Gaillardet, Jérôme ^a   Meynadier, Laure ^a   Rad, Sétareh ^a   Capmas, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

arc volcanism; erosion; ocean water; rivers; strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARC VOLCANISM; EROSION RATES; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPE BALANCE; LOW TEMPERATURES; OCEAN WATER; OCEANIC ISLANDS; SEA FLOOR; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SUBSURFACE WATERS; VOLCANIC ISLANDS;

BUDGET CONTROL; CAVITY RESONATORS; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SOIL MECHANICS; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

STRONTIUM;

EROSION RATE; ISLAND ARC; NUTRIENT BUDGET; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ISLAND; WEATHERING;

EID: 77249105910     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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