Chloride and chlorine isotopes (36Cl and δ37Cl) as tracers of solute migration in a thick, clay-rich aquitard system

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 285-296

  Hendry, M J ^a   Wassenaar, L I ^b   Kotzer, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUITARD; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

EID: 0033988134     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900278     Document Type: Article

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