Estimation of groundwater residence time in a geologically active region by coupling 4He concentration with helium isotopic ratios

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Morikawa, N ^a   Kazahaya, K ^a   Yasuhara, M ^a   Inamura, A ^a   Nagao, K ^b   Sumino, H ^b   Ohwada, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUXES; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; WATER;

FLUID FLUX; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; METEORIC WATER; SHALLOWER AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER;

DATING METHOD; GROUNDWATER; METEORIC WATER; MIXING; RESIDENCE TIME; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 16344367129     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021501     Document Type: Article

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