A modern framework for the interpretation of 238U/235U in studies of ancient ocean redox

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 400, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-194

  Andersen, M B ^a,b   Romaniello, S ^c   Vance, D ^a   Little, S H ^a   Herdman, R ^b   Lyons, T W ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Cariaco Basin; Sediments; U isotopes; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM;

ACCUMULATION RATES; BLACK SEA; CARIACO BASINS; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC MASS BALANCE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; DIFFUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; OCEAN BASIN; OXYGENATION; POREWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLACK SEA; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84902201089     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.051     Document Type: Article

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