Alabama Gulf Coast groundwaters: 4He and 14C as groundwater-dating tools

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-292

  Carey, Anne A ^a   Dowling, Carolyn B ^b   Poreda, Robert J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; 4He; Age dating; Baldwin County Alabama; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

RADIOCARBON AGES; RADIOGENIC AGES;

AQUIFERS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; QUARTZ;

GROUNDWATER;

ARGON; DATING METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ALABAMA; BALDWIN COUNTY [ALABAMA]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2042496267     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20081.2     Document Type: Article

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