Sequential leachates of multiple grain size fractions from a clay-rich till, Saskatchewan, Canada: Implications for controls on the rare earth element geochemistry of porewaters in an aquitard

Chemical Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 53-79

  Yan, Xiu Ping ^a   Kerrich, Robert ^a   Hendry, M Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Grain size; Leaching; Rare earths; Till

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; POREWATER; TILL;

CANADA;

EID: 0033519546     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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