Neodymium isotopes and concentrations in Caribbean seawater: Tracing water mass mixing and continental input in a semi-enclosed ocean basin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 406, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-186

  Osborne, Anne H ^a   Haley, Brian A ^b   Hathorne, Ed C ^a   Flögel, Sascha ^a   Frank, Martin ^a  

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

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon River; Atlantic inflow; Boundary exchange; Caribbean seawater; Neodymium isotopes; Orinoco River

Indexed keywords

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC INFLOW; BOUNDARY EXCHANGES; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES; OCEAN BASINS; WATER MASS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING RATIO; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84907695572     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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