Dissolution rates and vadose zone drainage from strontium isotope measurements of groundwater in the Pasco Basin, WA unconfined aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 321, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 39-58

  Singleton, Michael J ^a   Maher, Katharine ^b   DePaolo, Donald J ^a,b   Conrad, Mark E ^a   Evan Dresel, P ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Hanford site; Isotope model; Reactive transport; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; REACTION KINETICS; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING;

HANFORD SITE; ISOTOPE MODELS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPES; REACTION KINETICS; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING;

AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPE; ROCK; STRONTIUM; WASTEWATER; WEATHERING;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; PASCO BASIN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33646111446     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.07.044     Document Type: Article

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