Strontium isotope systematics of mixing groundwater and oil-field brine at Goose Lake in northeastern Montana, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2403-2408

  Peterman, Zell E ^a   Thamke, Joanna ^b   Futa, Kiyoto ^a   Preston, Todd ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA POINTS; DATA SETS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MONTANA; MONTANA , USA; PETROLEUM PRODUCTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

BRINES; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MIXING; OIL FIELDS;

STRONTIUM;

BRINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIXING; MIXING RATIO; OIL FIELD; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ANSER;

EID: 84868529125     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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