A new perspective on boundary scavenging in the North Pacific Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-97

  Hayes, Christopher T ^a,b   Anderson, Robert F ^a,b   Jaccard, Samuel L ^c   François, Roger ^d   Fleisher, Martin Q ^a   Soon, Maureen ^d   Gersonde, Rainer ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

INOPEX; Line P; North Pacific Ocean; Protactinium; Scavenging; Thorium

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SCAVENGING; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; INOPEX; LATERAL GRADIENT; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES; UPPER WATER COLUMN;

GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTACTINIUM; SCAVENGING; THORIUM;

SEAWATER;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; MANGANESE OXIDE; PROTACTINIUM; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE METAL; URANIUM; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

EID: 84878194042     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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