Physical and stable-isotope evidence for formation of secondary calcite and silica in the unsaturated zone, Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 735-750

  Whelan, Joseph F ^a   Paces, James B ^a   Peterman, Zell E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SILICA; ZEOLITES;

FRACTURE FOOTWALLS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CALCITE; FLUID INCLUSION; PARAGENESIS; SECONDARY MINERAL; SILICA; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036213879     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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