Sampling and Characterizing Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater in Deep-Lying Fractures in Granitoids Under In Situ High-Pressure and Low-Redox Conditions

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 405-418

  Alakangas, Linda J ^a,b   Mathurin, Frédéric A ^b   Faarinen, Mikko ^c   Wallin, Bill ^d   Åström, Mats E ^b  

^a SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Sweden   (Sweden)

^d Geokema AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DGT; Fracture groundwater; Monitoring; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTURE FLOW; GRANITOID; GROUNDWATER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; SAMPLING; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84901996778     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-014-9225-z     Document Type: Article

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