Behavior of Mg isotopes during dedolomitization in the Madison Aquifer, South Dakota

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 446-452

  Jacobson, Andrew D ^a   Zhang, Zhaofeng ^a,b   Lundstrom, Craig ^b   Huang, Fang ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Fractionation; Groundwater; Mg isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEDOLOMITIZATION; DOLOMITE DISSOLUTION; FLOW PATH; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; ION MASS; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MG ISOTOPES; MIXING CALCULATIONS; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; SURFACE STREAMS; TRANSPORT MODELING; WATER SOURCE; WATER TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; IONS; ISOTOPES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; CALCITE; DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECHARGE; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MADISON AQUIFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956010176     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.038     Document Type: Article

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