Gas transport below artificial recharge ponds: Insights from dissolved noble gases and a dual gas (SF6 and 3He) tracer experiment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3939-3945

  Clark, Jordan F ^a   Hudson, G Bryant ^b   Avisar, Dror ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE PONDS; GAS TRANSPORT; NONEQUILIBRIUM GAS TRANSFER; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

GAS DYNAMICS;

GROUND WATER; HELIUM; INERT GAS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRACER;

ARTICLE; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS TRANSPORT; POND; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TABLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HELIUM; ISOTOPE LABELING; NOBLE GASES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 20044372357     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049053x     Document Type: Article

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