Sulfur speciation in natural hydrothermal waters, Iceland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2777-2791

  Kaasalainen, Hanna ^a,b   Stefánsson, Andri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFITE; SULFUR; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ICELAND;

EID: 79955100751     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.036     Document Type: Article

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