Boron geochemistry from some typical Tibetan hydrothermal systems: Origin and isotopic fractionation

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 436-445

  Zhang, Wenjie ^a   Tan, Hongbing ^a   Zhang, Yanfei ^a   Wei, Haizhen ^b   Dong, Tao ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron isotopes; Boron source; Geothermal fields; Isotopic fractionation; The Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

BORON; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BORON ISOTOPES; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; FRACTIONATION MECHANISM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; LOW-TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

BORON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGASSING; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOST ROCK; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGMATISM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RESERVOIR; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84945557947     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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