The effect of particulate dissolution on the neodymium (Nd) isotope and Rare Earth Element (REE) composition of seawater

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-147

  Pearce, Christopher R ^a   Jones, Morgan T ^b   Oelkers, Eric H ^a,b   Pradoux, Catherine ^c   Jeandel, Catherine ^c  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary exchange; Neodymium isotopes; Particulate dissolution; Rare Earth Elements

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY EXCHANGES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; MASS BALANCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUMS (ND); PARTICULATE MATERIALS; SURFACE AREA;

BASALT; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEAWATER EFFECTS;

DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS BALANCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHATE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84878175650     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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