Model of seawater composition for the Phanerozoic

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 877-880

  Demicco, Robert V ^a   Lowenstein, Tim K ^a   Hardie, Lawrence A ^b   Spencer, Ronald J ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Hydrothermal alteration; Inverse modeling; Seawater chemistry

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSIONS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; INVERSE MODELING; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY;

COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SEAWATER;

FLUID INCLUSION; MODEL; PHANEROZOIC; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 27744555509     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21945.1     Document Type: Article

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