Magnesium-isotope fractionation during low-Mg calcite precipitation in a limestone cave - Field study and experiments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4346-4364

  Immenhauser, A ^a   Buhl, D ^a   Richter, D ^a   Niedermayr, A ^b   Riechelmann, D ^a   Dietzel, M ^b   Schulte, U ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE; CAVE DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DATA SET; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE;

GERMANY;

EID: 77954028205     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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