Spatial variations of radiocarbon in the coastal aquifer of Israel - Indicators of open and closed systems

Radiocarbon

Volumn 43, Issue 2 PART II, 2001, Pages 783-791

  Bruce, Debbie ^a,b   Friedman, Gerald M ^b   Kaufman, Aaron ^c   Yechieli, Yoseph ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b Northeastern Science Foundation   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON 14; GROUND WATER; TRITIUM;

AGE DETERMINATION; CALCITE; COASTAL AQUIFER; RADIONUCLIDE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRITIUM;

AQUIFER; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOLOGY; ISRAEL; SEASHORE; WATER SUPPLY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0035572245     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003382220004145x     Document Type: Article

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