Sediment size fractionation and focusing in the equatorial Pacific: Effect on 230Th normalization and paleoflux measurements

Paleoceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 747-763

  Lyle, Mitchell ^a   Marcantonio, Franco ^a   Moore, Willard S ^b   Murray, Richard W ^c   Huh, Chih An ^d   Finney, Bruce P ^e   Murray, David W ^f   Mix, Alan C ^g  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

equatorial Pacific; JGOFS; MANOP; sediment focusing; sediment resuspension; sediment traps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904843715     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014PA002616     Document Type: Article

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