Assessment of seawater Nd isotope signatures extracted from foraminiferal shells and authigenic phases of Gulf of Guinea sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 414-435

  Kraft, Steffanie ^a   Frank, Martin ^a   Hathorne, Ed C ^a   Weldeab, Syee ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIONUCLIDE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER; SHELL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84883539360     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.029     Document Type: Article

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