Rhenium, molybdenum, and uranium in groundwater from the southern Great Basin, USA: Evidence for conservative behavior

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 3197-3214

  Hodge, Vern F ^a   Johannesson, Kevin H ^a   Stetzenbach, Klaus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CARBONATE; CONSERVATIVE BEHAVIOUR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; MOLYBDENUM; RHENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM;

USA, GREAT BASIN;

EID: 0030434041     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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