Dating very old pore waters in impermeable rocks by noble gas isotopes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3041-3045

  Osenbrück, Karsten ^a   Lippmann, Johanna ^a   Sonntag, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NOBLE GAS; POREWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 17144456483     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00198-7     Document Type: Article

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