δ44Ca evolution in a carbonate aquifer and its bearing on the equilibrium isotope fractionation factor for calcite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 349-353

  Jacobson, Andrew D ^a   Holmden, Chris ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

calcite precipitation; calcium isotopes; fractionation; groundwater

Indexed keywords

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CALCIUM ISOTOPES; CARBONATE AQUIFER; FRACTIONATION FACTOR;

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROCKS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CALCITE; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SUPERSATURATION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

MADISON AQUIFER; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649177588     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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