Great tritium ages explain the occurrence of good-quality groundwater in a phreatic aquifer of an urban area, Lublin, Poland

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 451-460

  Zuber, A ^a   Michalczyk, Z ^b   Maloszewski, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fissured marls; Groundwater quality; Phreatic aquifer; Porous matrix; Tritium ages

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142288936     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100400100149     Document Type: Article

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