18O/16O evidence for an early, short-lived ( ∼ 10 yr), fumarolic event in the Topopah Spring Tuff near the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository within Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 559-573

  Holt, Elizabeth Warner ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fumaroles; Hydrothermal processes; O 18 O 16; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

FUMAROLE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; TUFF;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037104129     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00735-5     Document Type: Article

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