A review and comparison of fracture mineral investigations and their application to radioactive waste disposal

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 821-835

  Blyth, A R ^a   Frape, S K ^b   Tullborg, E L ^c  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Terralogical AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; EXTERNAL CONTROLS; FE-OXIDES; FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELDS; FLUID CHEMISTRIES; FLUID INCLUSION DATUM; FLUID INCLUSIONS; FORMATION TEMPERATURES; FRACTURE FILLING MINERALS; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; HOST ROCKS; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; ION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ISOTOPIC VALUES; LOCAL CONTROLS; LOW SALINITIES; METEORIC WATERS; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; PREHNITE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRIES; RE PRECIPITATIONS; ROCK TYPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; VOLCANICS;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAPHITE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCLUSIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; MINING; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ROCKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETERS; STRONTIUM; SULFIDE MINERALS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZEOLITES;

MINERALS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST ROCK; INTERGLACIAL; IRON OXIDE; METEORIC WATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BALTIC SHIELD; CANADIAN SHIELD; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 64749112632     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.036     Document Type: Article

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