Geochemical evolution of uraniferous soda lakes in Eastern Mongolia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-183

  Linhoff, Benjamin S ^a,d   Bennett, Philip C ^a   Puntsag, Tamir ^b   Gerel, Ochir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Central Laboratory of Environment and Metrology   (Mongolia)

^c MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Mongolia; Soda lake; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATERS; URANIUM;

GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GROUNDWATER CONCENTRATIONS; HYPER-ALKALINE; LAKE WATER SAMPLES; MONGOLIA; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SODA LAKES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

LAKES;

CARBONATE; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRETACEOUS; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LAKE WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RHYOLITE; URANIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 85027934788     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0512-8     Document Type: Article

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