Age dating of shallow groundwater with chlorofluorocarbons, tritium/helium 3, and flow path analysis, southern New Jersey coastal plain

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1023-1038

  Szabo, Z ^a   Rice, D E ^a   Plummer, L N ^a   Busenberg, E ^a   Drenkard, S ^b   Schlosser, P ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AQUIFER; CFC; FLOW PATH; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE RATE; TRAVELTIME; TRITIUM/HELIUM 3;

USA, NEW JERSEY, COASTAL PLAIN;

AGE DATING; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; TRACERS;

EID: 0029657374     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00068     Document Type: Article

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