Quantification of unsaturated-zone alteration and cation exchange in zeolitized tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 65, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 3409-3433

  Vaniman, David T ^a   Chipera, Steve J ^a   Bish, David L ^a   Carey, J William ^a   Levy, Schön S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL ALTERATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; VADOSE ZONE; ZEOLITE;

EID: 0035202532     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00682-2     Document Type: Article

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