The origin of helium in deep sedimentary aquifers and the problem of dating very old groundwaters

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 144, Issue , 1998, Pages 53-68

  Pinti, Daniele L ^a   Marty, Bernard ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; MIXING;

EID: 0032311006     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.144.01.05     Document Type: Article

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