The impact of climate change on the chemical omposition of deep vadose zone waters

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-13

  Glassley, William E ^a   Nitao, John J ^a   Grant, Charles W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES;

CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; FLUID-FLOW PATHWAYS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; REACTIVE SURFACE AREA; ROCK CHARACTERIZATION; STEADY-STATE CONDITION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0037794891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2002.3000     Document Type: Article

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