Helium in solubility equilibrium with quartz and porefluids in rocks: A new approach in hydrology

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Lehmann, Bernhard E ^a   Niklaus Waber, H ^a   Tolstikhin, Igor ^b   Kamensky, Igor ^b   Gannibal, Maria ^b   Kalashnikov, Evgenii ^c   Pevzner, Boris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PROBLEMS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

^d GREBENSHCHIKOV INSTITUTE OF SILICATE CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SOLUBILITY;

ISOTHERMAL HEATING;

GEOPHYSICS;

EQUILIBRIUM; HELIUM; POREWATER; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0038674952     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016074     Document Type: Article

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