Groundwater flow and the 4He distribution in the Great Artesian Basin of Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B6, 1999, Pages 12999-13011

  Bethke, Craig M ^a   Zhao, Xiang ^a   Torgersen, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM ISOTOPE; JURASSIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN;

EID: 0033542333     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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