Short-lived U/Th series radionuclides in the Ocean: Tracers for scavenging rates, export fluxes and particle dynamics

Uranium-series Geochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue , 2003, Pages 461-492

  Cochran, J K ^a   Masque P ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT FLUX; FLUX DYNAMICS; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; SCAVENGING RATES; U-TH SERIES RADIONUCLIDES;

EID: 85061279301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2113/0520461     Document Type: Chapter

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