Boron isotope composition of secondary smectite in suevites at the Ries crater, Germany: Boron fractionation in weathering and hydrothermal processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 244-251

  Muttik, Nele ^a   Kirsimäe, Kalle ^a   Newsom, Horton E ^b   Williams, Lynda B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration fluids; Boron isotope composition; Hydrothermal alteration; Ries crater; Smectite; Suevite

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION FLUIDS; BORON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; RIES CRATER; SMECTITES; SUEVITE;

BORATE MINERALS; BORON; CORE DRILLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ISOTOPES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WEATHERING;

CLAY MINERALS;

BORON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METEORIC WATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SMECTITE; SUEVITE;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; RIES CRATER;

EID: 80053371122     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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