New evidence for the origin of hypersaline pore fluids in the Mediterranean basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 287-298

  Vengosh, Avner ^a   Gieskes, Joris ^b   Mahn, Chris ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypersaline pore fluids; Mediterranean Basin; Sediment

Indexed keywords

HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POREWATER; PROVENANCE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034056244     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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