Noble gas recharge temperatures and the excess air component

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 747-762

  Wilson, G B ^a   McNeill, G W ^b,c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; NOBLE GAS; RECHARGE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031465354     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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