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Climatic control of riverine and seawater uranium-isotope ratios.

Abstract:: The large variation in the ratio of uranium-234 to uranium-238 (234U/238U) in rivers is not well understood, but may provide information about past weathering and rainfall and is important because it controls seawater (234U/238U). Here, we demonstrate the importance of physical weathering and rainfall for (234U/238U), using rivers from South Island, New Zealand. These data allow interpretation of an existing speleothem (234U/238U) record and suggest that New Zealand glacier advance 13,000 years ago was influenced by increased rainfall rather than by Younger Dryas-like cooling. A model of seawater (234U/238U) during glacial cycles indicates that rejection of corals based on modern (234U/238U) +/- <0.01 is not merited and may reject the highest quality ages.

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Robinson, L., Henderson, G., Hall, L., & Matthews, I. (2004). Climatic control of riverine and seawater uranium-isotope ratios. Science (New York, N.Y.), 305(5685), 851–854.

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Robinson, L., et al. “Climatic Control of Riverine and Seawater Uranium-Isotope Ratios.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 305, no. 5685, 2004, pp. 851–54.

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Robinson, L, G Henderson, L Hall, and I Matthews. 2004. “Climatic Control of Riverine and Seawater Uranium-Isotope Ratios.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 305 (5685): 851–54.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1126/science.1099673

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+ Robinson, L More by this author

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+ Henderson, G More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Earth Sciences
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+ Hall, L More by this author

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+ Matthews, I More by this author

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Journal:: Science (New York, N.Y.) More from this journal
Volume:: 305
Issue:: 5685
Pages:: 851-854
Publication date:: 2004-08-01
DOI:: 10.1126/science.1099673
EISSN:: 1095-9203
ISSN:: 0036-8075

Language:: English
Pubs id:: pubs:82200
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Local pid:: pubs:82200
Source identifiers:: 82200
Deposit date:: 2012-12-19

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