Characterisation and isotopic evolution of saline waters of the Outokumpu Deep Drill Hole, Finland - Implications for water origin and deep terrestrial biosphere

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-51

  Kietäväinen, Riikka ^a   Ahonen, Lasse ^a   Kukkonen, Ilmo T ^a   Hendriksson, Nina ^a   Nyyssönen, Mari ^b,c   Itävaara, Merja ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

BRINES; CALCIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SILICATES; SODIUM; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

ROCK DRILLS;

BIOSPHERE; BRINE; DISCHARGE; EVOLUTION; FRACTURE; GAS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; MIXING; WATER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

FINLAND; OUTOKUMPU; POHJOIS-KARJALA;

EID: 84876308246     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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