Reproducibility of trace element profiles in a specimen of the deep-water bamboo coral Keratoisis sp.

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5101-5121

  Sinclair, Daniel J ^a   Williams, B ^a   Allard, G ^a   Ghaleb, B ^a   Fallon, S ^b   Ross, S W ^c   Risk, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BARIUM; CORAL; DEEP WATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; ISIDIDAE; KERATOISIS;

EID: 80051474670     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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