Reply to the Comment on "Origin, timing, and temperature of secondary calcite-silica mineral formation at Yucca Mountain, Nevada" by Y. V. Dublyansky, S. Z. Smirnov, and G. P. Palyanova

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4391-4395

  Wilson, Nicholas S F ^a   Cline, Jean S K ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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MINERALIZATION;

EID: 14844312784     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.12.015     Document Type: Letter

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