Transport and geochemical controls on the distribution of solutes and stable isotopes in a thick clay-rich till aquitard, Canada

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-19

  Hendry, M Jim ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquitards; Carbon 13; Chemical evolution; Deuterium; Groundwater; Sulfur 34; Transport

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; DEUTERIUM; ISOTOPE;

AQUITARD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CLAY; FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; POROSITY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER SUPPLY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DEUTERIUM; FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642446662     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010310001644942     Document Type: Article

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