Stable isotope chemistry of gaylussite and nahcolite from the deposits of the crater lake at Malha, northern Sudan

Chemical Geology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 87-98

  Mees, F ^a   Reyes, E ^b   Keppens, E ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory for Isotope Geochemistry   (Spain)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER LAKE; GAYLUSSITE; NAHCOLITE; SEDIMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SUDAN;

EID: 0032565262     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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