Quartz control of high germanium/silicon ratios in geothermal waters

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1019-1022

  Evans, Mattheẃ J ^a   Derry, Louis A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Germanium; Hot springs; Quartz; Silicon; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

KINETIC CONSTRAINTS;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SILICON; SURFACE WATERS;

GEOLOGY;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GERMANIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; SILICON; THERMAL SPRING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

NEPAL;

EID: 0036861384     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1019:QCOHGS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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