Global variability of chromium isotopes in seawater demonstrated by Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Ocean samples

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 423, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-97

  Scheiderich, Kathleen ^a,b   Amini, Marghaleray ^a,c   Holmden, Chris ^a   Francois, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromium cycling; Chromium isotopes; Chromium speciation; Seawater

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SEA ICE; SEAWATER;

CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; CHROMIUM SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION FACTORS; LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84928886325     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.030     Document Type: Article

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