Direct simulation of groundwater transit-time distributions using the reservoir theory

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 200-208

  Etcheverry, David ^a,b   Perrochet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Le Mollard   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental isotope; Groundwater age; Numerical modeling; Reservoir theory; Transit time distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001639941     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100400050006     Document Type: Article

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