Isotopic Study of Carbonate Minerals from the Sumikawa Geothermal Area and its Application to Water Movement

Journal of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-196

  Ueda, Akira ^a   Ajima, Shuji ^b   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

calcite; carbon; carbonate; fluid; geochemistry; isotope; oxygen

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744485772     PISSN: 03886735     EISSN: 18835775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11367/grsj1979.23.181     Document Type: Article

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