Seawater intrusion through the oceanic crust and carbonate sediment in the Equatorial Pacific: Lithium abundance and isotopic evidence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  You, Chen Feng ^a   Chan, L H ^b   Gieskes, J M ^c   Klinkhammer, G P ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Diagenesis; Li isotopes; Pore waters

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ADVECTION; CRUSTAL FLUIDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHIUM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAWATER;

EID: 1642295094     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018412     Document Type: Article

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