Noble gases as natural tracers of water circulation in the Paris Basin. 1. Measurements and discussion of their origin and mechanisms of vertical transport in the basin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2443-2466

  Castro, Maria Clara ^a,b   Jambon, Albert ^a   De Marsily, Ghislain ^a   Schlosser, Peter ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NOBLE GAS; TRACER;

FRANCE; PARIS BASIN;

ADVECTION; AQUIFERS; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MULTIAQUIFER SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIA; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CROSS SECTIONS;

INERT GASES;

EID: 0031690044     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR01956     Document Type: Article

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