Calcite precipitation driven by the common ion effect during groundwater-surface-water mixing: A potentially common process in streams with geologic settings containing gypsum

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1027-1038

  Jin, Li ^a   Siegel, Donald I ^a   Lautz, Laura K ^a   Mitchell, Myron J ^b   Dahms, Dennis E ^c   Mayer, Bernhard ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; BEAVER DAMS; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMMON ION EFFECT; COMMON PROCESS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; GYPSUM DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; ISOTOPIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; STREAMBEDS; SULFATE REDUCTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MIXING; WYOMING ,USA;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; SULFUR;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CALCITE; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; GYPSUM; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MIXING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

RED CANYON CREEK; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77954020392     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30011.1     Document Type: Article

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