Quantifying lithogenic inputs to the North Pacific Ocean using the long-lived thorium isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 383, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-25

  Hayes, Christopher T ^a,b   Anderson, Robert F ^a,b   Fleisher, Martin Q ^a   Serno, Sascha ^a,c   Winckler, Gisela ^a,b   Gersonde, Rainer ^d  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Aerosols; Boundary exchange; Dust; GEOTRACES compliant; North Pacific Ocean; Thorium

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY EXCHANGES; GEOTRACES COMPLIANT; LITHOGENIC MATERIAL; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SHALLOW DEPTH PROFILES;

AEROSOLS; DUST; ISOTOPES; THORIUM;

DISSOLUTION;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DUST; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR; SOLUBILITY; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE METAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84885345052     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.025     Document Type: Article

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