Crustal noble gases in deep brines as natural tracers of vertical transport processes in the Michigan Basin

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Ma, Lin ^a   Castro, Maria Clara ^a   Hall, Chris M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brines; Crustal noble gases; Michigan Basin; Thermal event; Vertical transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749100495     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002475     Document Type: Article

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