Geochemistry of meteoric diagenesis in carbonate islands of the northern Bahamas: 2. Geochemical modelling and budgeting of diagenesis

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 967-982

  Whitaker, Fiona F ^a   Smart, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Carbonate; Diagenesis; Dissolution; Eogenetic karst; Geochemical modelling; Meteoric; Rates of diagenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE WATERS;

CARBONATE ISLANDS; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; METEORIC DIAGENESIS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE WATERS;

CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; METEORIC WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 34047164026     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6533     Document Type: Article

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