Direct simulation of groundwater age

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-296

  Goode, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; TRACER; WATER;

ADVECTION; AGING; AQUIFER; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; INDEPENDENCE; MODEL; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0029768746     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03401     Document Type: Article

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