Geochemical estimates of paleorecharge in the Pasco Basin: Evaluation of the chloride mass balance technique

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2853-2868

  Murphy, Ellyn M ^a   Ginn, Timothy R ^a   Phillips, Jerry L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; WATER;

ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACTION; FALLOUT; GRAIN; HOLOCENE; LABORATORY; MODEL; PRECIPITATION; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; UPPER PLEISTOCENE;

ARID REGION; CHLORIDE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE METHOD; PALAEORECHARGE; VADOSE ZONE;

USA, WASHINGTON, PASCO BASIN;

EID: 0029663821     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01529     Document Type: Article

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