The Lake St. Martin bolide has a big impact on groundwater fluoride concentrations

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-118

  Leybourne, Matthew I ^a   Peter, Jan M ^b   Johannesson, Karen H ^c   Boyle, Daniel R ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Groundwater; Impact melt; Ion exchange

Indexed keywords

BOLIDE; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFERS; CARBONATES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; METEOR IMPACTS; POTABLE WATER; WATER WELLS;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; BOLIDE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ION EXCHANGE; PH; SALINITY;

CANADA; LAKE WINNIPEG; LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 44449161863     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24135A.1     Document Type: Article

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