Detection of 3H and 85Kr in groundwater from arsenic-bearing crystalline bedrock of the Goose River basin, Maine

Environmental Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 781-789

  Sidle, W C ^a   Fischer, R A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Groundwater Research Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater age; Krypton; Maine; Tritium

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

ANATECTIC GRANITOIDS;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; BEDROCK; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; KRYPTON; RECHARGE; TRACER; TRITIUM;

UNITED STATES;

ANSER SP.;

EID: 0142091515     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0826-x     Document Type: Article

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