A model for microbially induced precipitation of vadose-zone calcites in fractures at Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1783-1792

  Newman, Brent D ^a,b   Campbell, Andrew R ^b   Norman, David I ^b   Ringelberg, David B ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FRACTURE; PRECIPITATION; VADOSE ZONE;

USA, NEW MEXICO, LOS ALAMOS;

EID: 0030752246     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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