Chemistry and isotopic composition of Rotliegend and Upper Carboniferous formation waters from the North German Basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 276, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 198-208

  Lüders, Volker ^a   Plessen, Birgit ^a   Romer, Rolf L ^a   Weise, Stephan M ^b   Banks, David A ^c   Hoth, Peer ^d   Dulski, Peter ^a   Schettler, Georg ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brines; D,O,N; Formation water; North German Basin; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; CL-CONCENTRATIONS; D,O,N; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; EVAPORITES; FORMATION WATER; HOST ROCKS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATE PERMIAN; MESOZOIC; METEORIC WATERS; NORTH GERMAN BASIN; PALEOZOIC; RE-EQUILIBRATION; SALINE FORMATION; SR ISOTOPES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TRIASSIC;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; BROMINE; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EVAPORATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SANDSTONE; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM;

QUARRIES;

BRINE; CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPORATION; FORMATION WATER; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; ROTLIEGENDES; SALINITY; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; ZECHSTEIN;

GERMANY; NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 77956190697     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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