Application of radium isotopes to determine crustal residence times of hydrothermal fluids from two sites on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6019-6029

  Kadko, David ^a   Gronvold, Karl ^b   Butterfield, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; P-T CONDITIONS; RADIUM ISOTOPE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; REYKJANES PENINSULA;

EID: 36349029137     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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