Reactions and reaction rates in the regional aquifer beneath the Pajarito Plateau, north-central New Mexico, USA

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 965-977

  Hereford, Anne G ^a   Keating, Elizabeth H ^b   Guthrie Jr , George D ^b   Zhu, Chen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feldspar; Geochemistry; Inverse mass balance modeling; Kinetics; USA

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FELDSPAR; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INVERSE MASS BALANCE MODELING; NATURAL HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; SATURATION INDICES;

REACTION KINETICS;

AQUIFER; FELDSPAR; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; PLATEAU; REACTION RATE;

LOS ALAMOS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PAJARITO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

HYPORHAMPHUS HILDEBRANDI;

EID: 34247374853     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0539-z     Document Type: Article

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