Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater Flow Systems

✍ Scribed by William M. Shannon, Scott A. Wood (auth.), Karen H. Johannesson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 306
• Series: Water Science and Technology Library 51
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater Flow Systems is the first volume of its kind entirely focused on the geochemistry of the lanthanide series elements in groundwater/aquifer environments. Consisting of ten chapters, each of which is an original, peer-reviewed contribution by some of the leading researchers in the study of the low-temperature geochemistry of rare earth elements, the volume addresses analytical techniques, water-rock interactions, aqueous complexation, and the reactions/processes that influence these heavy metals along groundwater flow paths.

✦ Table of Contents

The Analysis of Picogram Quantities of Rare Earth Elements in Naturual Waters....Pages 1-37
Determination of 56 Trace Elements in Three Aquifer- Type Rocks by ICP-MS and Approximation of the Relative Solubilities for These Elements in a Carbonate System by Water-Rock Concentration Ratios....Pages 39-65
Rare Earth, Major, and Trace Element Geochemistry of Surface and Geothermal Waters from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island New Zealand....Pages 67-88
The Aqueous Geochemistry of the Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium. Part 13: REE Geochemistry of Mine Drainage from the Pine Creek Area, Coeur d'Alene River Valley, Idaho, USA....Pages 89-110
Lanthanide Elements in Alteration Minerals as a Guide to Transport Phenomena in the Vadose Zones of Continental Tuffs....Pages 111-140
Origin of Rare Earth Element Signatures in Groundwaters of South Nevada, USA: Implications from Preliminary Batch Leach Tests Using Aquifer Rocks....Pages 141-160
Rare Earth Element Contents of High pCO 2 Groundwaters of Primorye, Russia: Mineral Stability and Complexation Controls....Pages 161-186
Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements in Groundwaters from a Rhyolite Aquifer, Central México....Pages 187-222
Rare Earth Element Concentrations, Speciation, and Fractionation along Groundwater Flow Paths: The Carrizo Sand (Texas) and Upper Floridan Aquifers....Pages 223-251
Rare Earth Elements (REE) and Nd and Sr Isotopes in Groundwater and Suspended Sediments from the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick: Water-Rock Reactions and Elemental Fractionation....Pages 253-293

✦ Subjects

Geochemistry; Hydrogeology; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Sedimentology