The distribution of neodymium isotopes and concentrations in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific: Water mass advection versus particle exchange

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 353-354, Issue , 2012, Pages 198-207

  Grasse, Patricia ^a   Stichel, Torben ^a,b   Stumpf, Roland ^a   Stramma, Lothar ^a   Frank, Martin ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary exchange; Eastern Equatorial Pacific; Neodymium isotopes; Oxygen minimum zone; Particle scavenging; Rare Earth Elements

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BOTTOM WATER; COUNTER CURRENT; DATA SETS; DEEP WATER; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; GLOBAL OCEAN; ND ISOTOPES; NEAR-SURFACE; NEARSHORES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PARTICLE EXCHANGE; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; RADIOGENIC VALUES; RELEASE PROCESS; SOURCE AND SINK; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STUDY AREAS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS; ZONAL CURRENTS;

ADVECTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROCESS CONTROL; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

NEODYMIUM;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84866285571     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.044     Document Type: Article

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