Processes controlling δ7Li in rivers illuminated by study of streams and groundwaters draining basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 409, Issue , 2015, Pages 212-224

  Liu, Xiao Ming ^a,b   Wanner, Christoph ^c   Rudnick, Roberta L ^a   McDonough, William F ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Lithium isotopes; Reactive transport modeling; Rivers and groundwaters

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LITHIUM; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILICATES; SILICON; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING;

RIVERS;

BASALT; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CASCADE RANGE; COLUMBIA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911438757     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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