Temporal variations of geyser water chemistry in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hurwitz, Shaul ^a   Hunt, Andrew G ^a   Evans, William C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TRITIUM;

DATA SETS; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; METEORIC WATERS; POROUS ROCKS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRITIUM CONCENTRATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER ISOTOPE; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

GEYSERS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOTHERMOMETRY; GEYSER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRITIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

UNITED STATES; UPPER GEYSER BASIN; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84871396694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004388     Document Type: Article

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