Fracture zone-scale variation of trace elements and stable isotopes in calcite in a crystalline rock setting

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-24

  Drake, H ^a   Heim, C ^b   Hogmalm, K J ^c   Hansen, B T ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; HYDROCHEMICAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAL INCORPORATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WATER-CONDUCTING FRACTURE;

FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES;

CALCITE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMARKER; CALCITE; CRYSTALLINITY; FRACTURE ZONE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNITUDE; METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84888093455     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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