Intercalibration studies of short-lived thorium-234 in the water column and marine particles

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages 631-644

  Maiti, Kanchan ^a,b   Buesseler, Ken O ^b   Pike, Steven M ^b   Benitez Nelson, Claudia ^c   Cai, Pinghe ^d,o   Chen, Weifang ^d   Cochran, Kirk ^e   Dai, Minhan ^d   Dehairs, Frank ^f   Gasser, Beat ^g   Kelly, Roger P ^h   Masque, Pere ⁱ   Miller, Lisa A ^j   Miquel, Juan Carlos ^g   Moran, Bradley B ^h   Morris, Paul J ^b,k   Peine, Florian ^l   Planchon, Frederic ^f,m   Renfro, Alisha A ^e,n   van der Loeff, Michiel Rutgers ^o   Santschi, Peter H ^p   Turnewitsch, Robert ^q   Waples, James T ^r   Xu, Chen ^p   more..

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^h UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^j FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^m ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

ⁿ National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^o ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^p TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 84867668416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.631     Document Type: Article

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