Paleohydrogeological events recorded by stable isotopes, fluid inclusions and trace elements in fracture minerals in crystalline rock, Simpevarp area, SE Sweden

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 715-732

  Drake, Henrik ^a   Tullborg, Eva Lena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Terralogica AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; INCLUSIONS; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; RANGE FINDING; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CALCITE CRYSTALS; CLOSED SYSTEMS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; ELEMENT CHEMISTRIES; FLUID INCLUSIONS; FORMATION CONDITIONS; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS; IN-SITU; LARGE SPANS; LATE PALEOZOIC; LOW TEMPERATURES; METEORIC WATERS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; PALEOZOIC; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS; PROTEROZOIC; SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL REPOSITORIES; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; SR ISOTOPE RATIOS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENTS; TIME PERIODS; TIME-SCALE; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS; WATER CONDUCTING STRUCTURES; WATER INTERFACES; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION PROCESS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

BARITE; CALCITE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GYPSUM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; PYRITE; QUARTZ; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KALMAR [SWEDEN]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SIMPEVARP; SWEDEN;

EID: 62849128311     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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