Rare earth elements as indicators of groundwater environment changes in a fractured rock system: Evidence from fracture-filling calcite

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-143

  Lee, Seung Gu ^a   Lee, Dae Ha ^a   Kim, Yongje ^a   Chae, Byong Gon ^a   Kim, Won Young ^a   Woo, Nam Chil ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CALCITE; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FRACTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

FRACTURED ROCK SYSTEM;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

CALCITE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

EID: 0037216174     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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