Control climático de las proporciones de isótopos de uranio en el agua de los ríos y el mar

Laura F Robinson1, Gideon M Henderson, Lisa Hall

  • 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, UK. laurar@gps.caltech.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 7, 2004
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Resumen

Las proporciones de isótopos de uranio fluvial (234U/238U) están influenciadas por el clima físico y las precipitaciones. Este hallazgo ayuda a interpretar el clima pasado, incluidos los avances de los glaciares de Nueva Zelanda hace 13.000 años, lo que sugiere que las lluvias, no el enfriamiento, fueron el principal impulsor.

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