Origin of rare earth element signatures in groundwaters of circumneutral pH from southern Nevada and eastern California, USA

Chemical Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 239-257

  Johannesson, Kevin H ^a   Zhou, Xiaoping ^b   Guo, Caixia ^b   Stetzenbach, Klaus J ^b   Hodge, Vernon F ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrogeology; Rare earth elements; Solution complexation; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034719717     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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