Radon tracing of groundwater input into Par Pond, Savannah River Site

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 209-227

  Corbett, D Reide ^a   Burnett, William C ^a   Cable, Peter H ^a   Clark, Sue B ^b,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground water discharge; Radon; Seepage; Tracers; Water balance

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL BUDGET; HYDROLOGIC BUDGET; PAR POND; RADON TRACING; WATER BALANCE;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADON; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

HYDROLOGY;

COOLING RESERVOIR; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADON; WATER BALANCE;

USA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, PAR POND;

EID: 0031593104     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00103-0     Document Type: Article

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