Isotopic composition of salt efflorescence from the sandstone castellated rocks of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (Czech Republic)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 217-225

  Schweigstillová, Jana ^a,b   Přikryl, Richard ^b   Novotná, Miroslava ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alums; Czech Republic; Efflorescence; Gypsum; Infrared spectroscopy; Isotopic composition; Organic species; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

ALUMS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; CLAY MATRIX; COMMON SOURCE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC STUDY; MATRIX; ORGANIC SPECIES; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; PORE WATERS; POROUS SANDSTONE; SALT EFFLORESCENCE; SAMPLING POINTS; SULPHATE; SULPHATES;

CLAY MINERALS; COAL COMBUSTION; DISSOLUTION; DRYING; EFFLORESCENCE; FELDSPAR; GYPSUM; ISOTOPES; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; RURAL AREAS; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

CRETACEOUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; QUARTZ; SALT; SANDSTONE; SULFATE;

BOHEMIAN BASIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67651095958     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1510-y     Document Type: Article

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