Coupled uranium isotope and sea-level variations in the oceans

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7008-7020

  Esat, Tezer M ^a,b   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78650175245     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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