Uranium isotope systematics of ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific Ocean: Implications for the marine 238U/235U isotope system

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-58

  Goto, Kosuke T ^a   Anbar, Ariel D ^b,c   Gordon, Gwyneth W ^b   Romaniello, Stephen J ^b   Shimoda, Gen ^a   Takaya, Yutaro ^d   Tokumaru, Ayaka ^e   Nozaki, Tatsuo ^d   Suzuki, Katsuhiko ^d   Machida, Shiki ^f   Hanyu, Takeshi ^d   Usui, Akira ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OCEANIC CRUST; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84910047205     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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