Mechanisms controlling the distribution and transport of 14C in a clay-rich till aquitard

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-349

  Wassenaar, L I ^a   Hendry, M J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUITARDS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON AGE-DATING MODELS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGE DETERMINATION; AQUITARD; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 0034061689     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00219.x     Document Type: Article

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