Factors controlling Li concentration and isotopic composition in formation waters and host rocks of Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 420, Issue , 2016, Pages 162-179

  Phan, Thai T ^a,b   Capo, Rosemary C ^a   Stewart, Brian W ^a   Macpherson, G L ^c   Rowan, Elisabeth L ^d   Hammack, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital clay; Formation water; Geochemical tracer; Lithium isotopes; Marcellus Shale; Progressive weathering; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER; WEATHERING;

FORMATION WATER; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; MARCELLUS SHALES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

LITHIUM;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVONIAN; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FLUID COMPOSITION; FORMATION WATER; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHIUM; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SHALE GAS;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947969033     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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