Grain size effects on 230Thxs inventories in opal-rich and carbonate-rich marine sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 131-142

  Kretschmer, Sven ^a,b   Geibert, Walter ^c,d   Rutgers van der Loeff, Michiel M ^a   Mollenhauer, Gesine ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain size distribution; Particle sorting; Sediment focusing; Thorium; Vertical flux

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC; FLUX CALCULATIONS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN SIZE EFFECT; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MASS FLUX; PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC STUDIES; PARTICLE SORTING; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT REDISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SIZE FRACTIONATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; VERTICAL FLUXES;

FOCUSING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; THORIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

SCREENING;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SORTING; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77952289633     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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