Boron and lithium isotopes as groundwater tracers: A study at the Fresh Kills landfill, Staten Island, New York, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 615-627

  Hogan, James F ^a,b   Blum, Joel D ^a,c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; LAND FILL; LITHIUM; SEAWATER;

GROUNDWATER TRACERS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

BORON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LITHIUM; TRACER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037399856     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00153-1     Document Type: Article

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