In-situ growth of calcite at Devils Hole, Nevada: Comparison of field and laboratory rates to a 500,000 year record of near-equilibrium calcite growth

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-274

  Plummer, L Neil ^a   Busenberg, Eurybiades ^a   Riggs, Alan C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite growth; Calcite precipitation; Carbonate groundwater; Devils Hole; Near equilibrium rates

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RATE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033936331     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009627710476     Document Type: Article

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