The importance of silicate weathering of a sedimentary aquifer in arid Central Australia indicated by very high 87Sr/86Sr ratios

Chemical Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 281-292

  Harrington, G A ^a   Herczeg, A L ^a  

^a Land and Biodiversity Conservation ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid; Groundwater; Isotope; Silicate; Strontium; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARID REGION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SILICATE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042341598     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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