Rare earth element fractionation and concentration variations along a groundwater flow path within a shallow, basin-fill aquifer, southern Nevada, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2697-2708

  Johannesson, Kevin H ^a   Farnham, Irene M ^b   Guo, Caixia ^b   Stetzenbach, Klaus J ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033373114     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00184-2     Document Type: Article

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