Secular variations in seawater chemistry as a control on the chemistry of basinal brines: Test of the hypothesis

Geofluids

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-92

  Lowenstein, Tim K ^a   Timofeeff, M N ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basinal brines; Burial diagenesis; Seawater chemistry

Indexed keywords

BRINE; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CRETACEOUS; IONIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; PALEOSALINITY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; SEAWATER; SECULAR VARIATION; SILURIAN; WATER CHEMISTRY;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; ILLINOIS BASIN; MICHIGAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349152446     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2007.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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