Ra isotopes and Rn in brines and ground waters of the Jordan-Dead Sea Rift Valley: Enrichment, retardation, and mixing

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2371-2388

  Moise, Tamar ^a   Starinsky, Abraham ^a   Katz, Amitai ^a   Kolodny, Yehoshua ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RADIUM; RADON; RIFT ZONE;

DEAD SEA; JORDAN;

EID: 0033943834     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00369-0     Document Type: Article

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