Detecting the near-surface redox front in crystalline bedrock using fracture mineral distribution, geochemistry and U-series disequilibrium

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1023-1039

  Drake, Henrik ^a   Tullborg, Eva Lena ^b   MacKenzie, Angus B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Terralogica AB   (Sweden)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; DEEP BOREHOLES; DRILL CORES; FLOW PATHS; FRACTURE FREQUENCIES; GREAT DEPTHS; INORGANIC REACTIONS; MINERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; NEAR SURFACES; NUCLEAR WASTES; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; REDOX FRONTS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SENSITIVE ELEMENTS; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; STUDY AREAS; SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENTS; TRANSMISSIVE FRACTURES; TRANSMISSIVITY; U-SERIES; U-SERIES DISEQUILIBRIUM;

BOREHOLES; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CORE DRILLING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PYRITES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REDOX REACTIONS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FRACTURE;

BEDROCK; DETECTION METHOD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL; OXIDATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 64749110680     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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