Isotopic and noble gas study of Chalk groundwater in the London Basin, England

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 763-773

  Dennis, Frank ^a   Andrews, John N ^b   Parker, Andrew ^b   Poole, Jason ^b   Wolf, Manfred ^c  

^a RM Consultants Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALK; CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NOBLE GAS; POROSITY;

UK, ENGLAND, LONDON BASIN;

EID: 0031463578     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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