Reaction-transport models for radiocarbon in groundwater: The effects of longitudinal dispersion and the use of Sr isotope ratios to correct for water-rock interaction

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2203-2212

  Johnson, T M ^a   DePaolo, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 14; CARBONIC ACID; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; WATER;

ADVECTION; AQUIFER; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; MODEL; ROCK; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY;

DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER;

CARBON-14; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADIOCARBON; TRANSPORT MODEL; WATER/ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 0029659858     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00992     Document Type: Review

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