Fossil brines preserved in the St-Lawrence Lowlands, Québec, Canada as revealed by their chemistry and noble gas isotopes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4228-4243

  Pinti, Daniele L ^a   Béland Otis, Catherine ^a,d   Tremblay, Alain ^a   Castro, Maria Clara ^b   Hall, Chris M ^b   Marcil, Jean Sébastien ^c   Lavoie, Jean Yves ^c   Lapointe, Raynald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Junex Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CAMBRIAN; DEGASSING; DEVONIAN; DISSOLUTION; DOLOSTONE; EVAPORITE; FOSSIL; HALITE; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; ORDOVICIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SALINITY; SANDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE LOWLANDS;

EID: 79959732161     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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