Mineral precipitation rates during the complete evaporation of the Merouane Chott ephemeral lake

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1583-1597

  Hacini, Messaoud ^a   Kherici, Nacer ^b   Oelkers, Eric H ^c  

^a KASDI MERBAH UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 77949542366     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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