Hafnium isotope fractionation during continental weathering: Implications for the generation of the seawater Nd-Hf isotope relationships

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 916-920

  Chen, Tian Yu ^a   Li, Gaojun ^b   Frank, Martin ^a   Ling, Hong Fei ^b  

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

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotopes; seawater array; weathering

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM ISOTOPES; HF ISOTOPE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LEACHATES; ND ISOTOPES; NORTHERN CHINA; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST; WEATHERING REGIMES;

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SILICATES;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DATA ACQUISITION; DESERT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LEACHING; LOESS; PROVENANCE; SEAWATER; SILICATE;

CHINA;

EID: 84876799020     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50217     Document Type: Article

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