Geochemical and C, O, Sr, and U-series isotopic evidence for the meteoric origin of calcrete at Solitario Wash, Crater Flat, Nevada, USA

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 450-465

  Neymark, L A ^a   Paces, J B ^a   Marshall, B D ^a   Peterman, Z E ^a   Whelan, J F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

C, O, Sr, and U series isotopes; Calcrete; Crater Flat; Nevada; Nuclear waste repository; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DEPOSITION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SILICA;

C,O, SR, AND U-SERIES ISOTOPES; CALCRETE; CRATER FLAT; NEVADA; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

SOILS;

CALCRETE; FORMATION MECHANISM; METEORIC WATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY;

CRATER FLAT; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944450552     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1260-z     Document Type: Article

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