Late-Quaternary recharge determined from chloride in shallow groundwater in the central Great Plains

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-174

  MacFarlane, P Allen ^a   Clark, Jordan F ^b   Davisson, M Lee ^c   Hudson, G Bryant ^c   Whittemore, Donald O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Great Plains; Dakota aquifer; Isotope hydrology; Paleoclimate; Regional flow system

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; QUATERNARY; RECHARGE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034055068     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2113     Document Type: Article

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