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Pitty, A. F., & Alexander, W. R. (2010). A natural analogue study of cement buffered, hyperalkaline groundwaters and their interaction with a repository host rock IV: an examination of the Khushaym Matruk (central Jordan) and Maqarin (northern Jordan) sites. NDA-RWMD Technical Report, NDA, Moors Row, UK.

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Original EntryPitty, A. F., & Alexander, W. R. (2010). A natural analogue study of cement buffered, hyperalkaline groundwaters and their interaction with a repository host rock IV: an examination of the Khushaym Matruk (central Jordan) and Maqarin (northern Jordan) sites. NDA-RWMD Technical Report, NDA, Moors Row, UK.
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Plain TextPitty, A. F., & Alexander, W. R. (2010). A natural analogue study of cement buffered, hyperalkaline groundwaters and their interaction with a repository host rock IV: an examination of the Khushaym Matruk (central Jordan) and Maqarin (northern Jordan) sites. NDA-RWMD Technical Report, NDA, Moors Row, UK.

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Daba, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan

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Daba, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordanβ“˜ Afwillite, β“˜ Andradite, β“˜ Anhydrite, β“˜ Ankerite, β“˜ Anorthite, β“˜ Apophyllite Group, β“˜ Aragonite, β“˜ Barium-bearing Celestine, β“˜ Baryte, β“˜ Bassanite, β“˜ Birunite, β“˜ Brownmillerite, β“˜ Brucite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite, β“˜ Celestine, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Ellestadite, β“˜ Fluorapatite, β“˜ Gibbsite, β“˜ Graphite, β“˜ Gypsum, β“˜ Hashemite, β“˜ Hedenbergite, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Hydrocalumite, β“˜ Hydrogarnet, β“˜ Hydrotalcite, β“˜ Hydroxylapatite, β“˜ Jennite, β“˜ Jouravskite, β“˜ Kutnohorite, β“˜ Larnite, β“˜ Maghemite, β“˜ Merwinite, β“˜ Native Sulphur, β“˜ Opal, β“˜ Opal-CT, β“˜ Perovskite, β“˜ Portlandite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Smectite Group, β“˜ Spurrite, β“˜ Strontianite, β“˜ Thaumasite, β“˜ Thomsonite Subgroup, β“˜ Tobermorite, β“˜ Uvarovite, β“˜ Vaterite, β“˜ Volkonskoite, β“˜ Wollastonite
Yarmouk river, Maqarin area, Irbid Governorate, Jordanβ“˜ Anorthite, β“˜ Apatite, β“˜ Brownmillerite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Ellestadite, β“˜ Ettringite, β“˜ Fluorapatite, β“˜ Graphite, β“˜ Gypsum, β“˜ Hedenbergite, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Jennite, β“˜ KruΕ₯aite, β“˜ Larnite, β“˜ Lime, β“˜ Maghemite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Oldhamite, β“˜ Rankinite, β“˜ Spurrite, β“˜ Thaumasite, β“˜ Tobermorite, β“˜ Wollastonite

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