Direct measurement of the boron isotope fractionation factor: Reducing the uncertainty in reconstructing ocean paleo-pH

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 414, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-5

  Nir, Oded ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^b   Harkness, Jennifer S ^b   Dwyer, Gary S ^b   Lahav, Ori ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron isotope fractionation; Ocean acidity; Ocean chemistry; Paleo pH; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BORIC ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; BORON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC PH;

PH;

ACIDITY; BORON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OSMOSIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PH; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921471710     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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