The vadose flow above Soreq Cave, Israel: A tritium study of the cave waters

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 155-163

  Kaufman, Aaron ^a   Bar Matthews, Miryam ^b   Ayalon, Avner ^b   Carmi, Israel ^a,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cave water; Piston flow; Transit time; Tritium; Vadose

Indexed keywords

PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RAIN; TRITIUM; WATER RESOURCES;

PHYSICAL CHANGES;

HYDROLOGY;

CAVE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RAINFALL; TRITIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ISRAEL;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0037466123     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00394-3     Document Type: Article

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