Distribution and sources of rare earth elements in ornithogenic sediments from the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 247-260

  Nie, Yaguang ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Emslie, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Geochemical behavior; Ornithogenic sediments; Rare earth elements; Ross Sea region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893757050     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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