An evaluation of the behavior of the rare earth elements during the weathering of sea-floor basalt

Physics & Astronomy

• weathering 100%
• basalt 98%
• rare earth elements 60%
• evaluation 44%
• Atlantic Ocean 20%
• dredging 20%
• fractionation 14%
• cerium 13%
• confidence 11%
• deposits 10%
• coverings 10%
• trends 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• rare earth element 59%
• basalt 58%
• seafloor 57%
• weathering 57%
• evaluation 33%
• ferromanganese deposit 17%
• seawater 16%
• tholeiitic basalt 14%
• cerium 14%
• normalization 12%
• dredging 12%
• mobilization 11%
• transect 9%
• fractionation 9%
• ocean 6%
• trend 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Weathering 83%
• Lanthanoid Atom 52%
• Cerium 11%
• Fractionation 10%
• Compound Mobility 8%