Stable isotope (chlorine, hydrogen and oxygen), geochemical and field evidence for continental fluid flow vectors in the Al-Khiran sabkha (Kuwait)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-60

  Duane, M J ^a   Al Zamel, A ^a   Eastoe, C J ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Evaporites; Fluid flow; Isotopes; Sabkha

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; FLUID FLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SABKHA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AL-KHIRAN; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 13644277259     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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