The effect of the negative pressure of capillary water on atmospheric noble gas solubility in ground water and palaeotemperature reconstruction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 147-161

  Mercury, Lionel ^a   Pinti, Daniele L ^a   Zeyen, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Noble gases; Nonsaturated zone; Palaeotemperatures; Saturated unsaturated interface region; Soil capillary; Water negative pressure

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NOBLE GAS; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 2942659326     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.019     Document Type: Article

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