Isotope tracer studies of diffusion in silicates and of geological transport processes using actinide elements

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6822495· OSTI ID:6822495

Wasserburg, G J

The following are reported: high abundance sensitivity mass spectrometer for U-Th studies; [sup 238]U-[sup 230]Th disequilibrium in recent lavas from Iceland; water-rock interaction from U-Th studies; resonance ionization mass spectrometry of Os and Ti isotopes; and self-diffusion of Mg.

• Research Organization: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-88ER13851
• OSTI ID: 6822495
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/13851-T2; ON: DE93006902
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
GEOCHEMISTRY
TRACER TECHNIQUES
BASALT
ICELAND
ISOTOPE DATING
ISOTOPE RATIO
LAVA
MAGNESIUM
MASS SPECTROMETERS
MELTING
OSMIUM ISOTOPES
PROGRESS REPORT
RESONANCE IONIZATION MASS SPECTROSCOPY
ROCK-FLUID INTERACTIONS
SEAWATER
SELF-DIFFUSION
SILICATE MINERALS
SPINELS
THORIUM ISOTOPES
TITANIUM ISOTOPES
URANIUM ISOTOPES
VOLCANIC ROCKS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
AGE ESTIMATION
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
CHEMISTRY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DIFFUSION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
EUROPE
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IGNEOUS ROCKS
ISLANDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MINERALS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
ROCKS
SPECTROMETERS
SPECTROSCOPY
WATER
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