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REE geochemistry in groundwater of the Sikhote Alin fold region (Russian Far East)

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Analysis of the distribution and fractionation of rare earth elements in the groundwater of the Sikhote Alin fold region reveals that their concentrations, geochemistry, and fractionation ability vary in different groundwater types depending on many factors, including the pH–Eh parameters and mineralization of the solutions and the composition of the host rocks. The results of monitoring of changes in the REE concentrations in the groundwater of the region over ten years provides the opportunity to establish the range of their variations. Inorganic forms of REE migration are rated for all geochemical types of water in the meteoric–surface–ground water system.

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    N. A. Kharitonova, E. A. Vakh, G. A. Chelnokov, O. V. Chudaev, I. A. Aleksandrov & I. V. Bragin

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Kharitonova, E.A. Vakh, G.A. Chelnokov, O.V. Chudaev, I.A. Aleksandrov, I.V. Bragin, 2016, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2016, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 68–82.

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Kharitonova, N.A., Vakh, E.A., Chelnokov, G.A. et al. REE geochemistry in groundwater of the Sikhote Alin fold region (Russian Far East). Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 10, 141–154 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714016020032

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