The hafnium and neodymium isotope composition of seawater in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 282-294

  Stichel, Torben ^a   Frank, Martin ^a   Rickli, Jörg ^b,c   Haley, Brian A ^a,d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hafnium; Neodymium; Radiogenic isotopes; Seawater; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

AGULHAS CURRENT; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CONCENTRATION PATTERNS; DEEP WATER; DEEP WATER MASS; DEPTH PROFILE; ENDMEMBERS; HAFNIUM CONCENTRATION; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; MIXING CALCULATIONS; ND ISOTOPES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; NORTH PACIFIC; POLAR FRONT; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS;

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; MIXING; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

NEODYMIUM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84455200413     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.025     Document Type: Article

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