Mixing-driven diagenesis and mineral deposition: CaCO3 precipitation in salt water - Fresh water mixing zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Berkowitz, Brian ^a   Singurindy, Olga ^a   Lowell, Robert P ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINE WATER; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DIAGENESIS; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL EVOLUTION; PRECIPITATION PROCESS;

AQUIFERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COASTAL AQUIFER; DIAGENESIS; FRESHWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALT WATER; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0042701560     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016208     Document Type: Article

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