Flow of river water into a karstic limestone aquifer - 2. Dating the young fraction in groundwater mixtures in the Upper Floridan aquifer near Valdosta, Georgia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1017-1043

  Plummer, L N ^a   Busenberg, E ^a   Drenkard, S ^b   Schlosser, P ^b   Ekwurzel, B ^b   Weppernig, R ^b   McConnell, J B ^a   Michel, R L ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DATING METHOD; KARST HYDROLOGY; RECHARGE; RIVER WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032211427     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(98)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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