Comment on "residence time of osmium in the oceans" by Rachel Oxburgh

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Peucker Ehrenbrink, Bernhard ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Osmium; residence time; river flux; strontium; weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975755362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000297     Document Type: Review

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