The use of 36Cl and chloride/bromide ratios in discerning salinity sources and fluid mixing patterns: A case study at Saratoga Springs

Chemical Geology

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 94-111

  Rao, Usha ^a   Hollocher, Kurt ^b   Sherman, Jessica ^a   Eisele, Ian ^a   Frunzi, Michael N ^a   Swatkoski, Stephen J ^a   Hammons, Andrea L ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

36Cl; Cl Br; CO2 rich springs; Salinity sources; Saratoga Springs

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; SALINITY; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL SPRING;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SARATOGA SPRINGS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844464355     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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