Alkali elements (Na, K, Rb) and alkaline earth elements (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) in the anoxic brine of Orca Basin, northern Gulf of Mexico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 255-274

  Schijf, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali elements; Alkaline earth elements; Anoxic; Evaporite; Hypersaline; Orca Basin

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITIZATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; SEAWATER; SOLUBILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; ORCA BASIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 34447630801     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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