Hydrogeochemistry, groundwater ages and sources of salts in a granitic batholith on the Canadian Shield, southeastern Manitoba

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 519-560

  Gascoyne, M ^a  

^a GGP Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DATA REDUCTION; DRILLING; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; PH EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PIEZOMETERS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; RESIDENCE TIME; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

CANADA; LAC DU BONNET; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542291131     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(03)00155-0     Document Type: Article

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