Formation waters from Cambrian-age strata, Illinois Basin, USA: Constraints on their origin and evolution

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-197

  Panno, Samuel V ^a   Hackley, Keith C ^b   Locke, Randall A ^a   Krapac, Ivan G ^a   Wimmer, Bracken ^a   Iranmanesh, Abbas ^a   Kelly, Walton R ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Isotech Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATION; EVAPORATION; EVAPORITE; FORMATION WATER; GROUNDWATER; HALIDE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER;

ARKOMA BASIN; BLACK WARRIOR BASIN; ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884539486     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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