Inverse chemical modeling and radiocarbon dating of palaeogroundwaters: The Tertiary Ledo-Paniselian aquifer in Flanders, Belgium

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1277-1287

  Van Der Kemp, W J M ^a,d   Appelo, C A J ^b,e   Walraevens, K ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AQUIFER; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; GROUNDWATER; RADIOCARBON DATING;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0034025149     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900357     Document Type: Article

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