The lithium, boron and strontium isotopic systematics of groundwaters from an arid aquifer system: Implications for recharge and weathering processes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-31

  Meredith, Karina ^a   Moriguti, Takuya ^b   Tomascak, Paul ^c   Hollins, Suzanne ^a   Nakamura, Eizo ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARID REGION; BORON ISOTOPE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; RECHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEMIARID REGION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA; DARLING RIVER;

EID: 84876423108     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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