An integrated environmental tracer approach to characterizing groundwater circulation in a mountain block

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Manning, Andrew H ^a   Solomon, D Kip ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; INTERMOUNTAIN BASINS; MOUNTAIN BLOCK RECHARGE (MBR); NOBLE GAS RECHARGE TEMPERATURES;

GROUNDWATER;

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RECHARGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRACER;

EID: 31544443565     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004178     Document Type: Article

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