Behavior of rare earth elements in groundwater during flow and mixing in fractured rock aquifers: An example from the Dandenong Ranges, southeast Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 291-307

  Tweed, S O ^a,b   Weaver, T R ^a   Cartwright, I ^b   Schaefer, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Rare earths; Recharge; Tracers

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MIXING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33749593110     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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