Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater Flow Systems [Paperback]

This is the first book of its kind to focus on the geochemistry of the lanthanide series elements in groundwater/aquifer environments. The contributors are leading researchers in the study of low-temperature geochemistry of rare earth elements. Individual chapters address analytical techniques, water-rock interactions, aqueous complexation, and the reactions and processes that influence these heavy metals along groundwater flow paths.

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.

Preface. Acknowledgments. List of Contributors. 1. The analysis of picogram quantities of rare earth elements in natural waters; William M. Shannon and Scott A. Wood. 2. 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; Caixia Guo, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, and Vernon F. Hodge. 3. Rare earth, major, and trace element geochemistry of surface and geothermal waters from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island New Zealand; Robyn E. Hannigan. 4. The aqueous geochemistry of the rare earth elements and yttrium. Part 13: REE geochemistry of mine drainage from the Pine Creek area, Coeur dAlene River valley, Idaho, USA; Scott A. Wood, William M. Shannon, and Leslie Baker. 5. Lanthanide elements in alteration zones as a guide to transport phenomena in the vadose zones of continental tuffs;ls5