Influence of hydrogeology, microbiology and landscape history on the geochemistry of acid hypersaline waters, N.W. Victoria

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-296

  Long, David T ^a   Lyons, W Berry ^b   Hines, Mark E ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AEROSOLS; AQUIFERS; BAUXITE DEPOSITS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BRINES; FELDSPAR; FELDSPAR DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ACID SYSTEMS; AQUIFER MATERIALS; ARID CONDITIONS; AUSTRALIA; AUTHIGENIC; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; END MEMBERS; EVAPORITE; FE OXIDES; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOLOGIC PROCESSES; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYPERSALINE; JAROSITE; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LANDSCAPE ATTRIBUTES; LOW TEMPERATURE ORE DEPOSITS; MARINE AEROSOLS; PLAYA SYSTEMS; SALINE GROUNDWATERS; SULFIDE OXIDATIONS; SURFACE WATER SYSTEMS;

MINERALS;

ACID WATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLAYA; POREWATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE TYRRELL; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 58349107081     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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