Magnesite dissolution rates at different spatial scales: The role of mineral spatial distribution and flow velocity

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-106

  Salehikhoo, Fatemeh ^a   Li, Li ^a   Brantley, Susan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEITY; MAGNESITE; QUARTZ; SATURATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84874483209     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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