Improvements to 232-thorium, 230-thorium, and 231-protactinium analysis in seawater arising from GEOTRACES intercalibration

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue JULY, 2012, Pages 464-474

  Auro, Maureen E ^a   Robinson, Laura F ^a,b   Burke, Andrea ^a,c   Bradtmiller, Louisa I ^a,d   Fleisher, Martin Q ^e   Anderson, Robert F ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

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EID: 84864804996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.464     Document Type: Article

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