Source of radiogenic helium 4 in shallow aquifers: Implications for dating young groundwater

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1805-1813

  Solomon, D K ^a   Hunt, A ^b   Poreda, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM TRICHLORO(DIOXYETHYLENE O,O')TELLURATE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; GROUND WATER; HELIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; THORIUM; TRACER; TRITIUM; WATER;

AQUIFER; CANADA; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GERMANY; GRAIN; HEATING; LABORATORY; LIQUID; MODEL; ROCK; SAND; SOLID; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

AGE DETERMINATION; AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM-4; HYDROGEOLOGY; TRACER;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0029663822     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00600     Document Type: Article

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