Conservative behavior of uranium vs. salinity in Arctic sea ice and brine

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 130-131, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-39

  Not, Christelle ^a,c   Brown, Kristina ^b   Ghaleb, Bassam ^a   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic; Brine; Salinity; Sea ice; Seawater; Uranium; Uranium disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

BRINE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; OPEN OCEAN; SAMPLING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEAWATER; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84856164031     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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