Strong elemental fractionation of Zr-Hf and Nb-Ta across the Pacific Ocean

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-230

  Firdaus, M Lutfi ^a,b   Minami, Tomoharu ^a   Norisuye, Kazuhiro ^a   Sohrin, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP SEA; FRACTIONATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEAWATER; SILICATE; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSITION ELEMENT; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79953662414     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1114     Document Type: Article

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