Genesis of alteration of Quaternary basalts within a portion of the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 353, Issue , 2002, Pages 213-224

  Morse, Lee H ^a   McCurry, Michael ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CALCITE; LABORATORIES; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DEEP BOREHOLES; DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; GEOTHERMAL SOURCES; IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES; PORES AND FRACTURES; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; STRATIGRAPHIC FEATURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPATIAL PATTERN;

BASALT;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; AUTHIGENESIS; BASALT; BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; CALCITE; CALICHE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; NONTRONITE; OLIVINE; PORE SPACE; SAPONITE;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870937488     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2353-1.213     Document Type: Article

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