Calcium isotope fractionation in groundwater: Molecular scale processes influencing field scale behavior

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-116

  Druhan, Jennifer L ^a   Steefel, Carl I ^b   Williams, Kenneth H ^b   DePaolo, Donald J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CALCITE; CALCIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTIVE TRANSPORT; URANIUM; AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; SECONDARY MINERAL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881348097     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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