Chlorine-36 dating of deep groundwater from northern Sahara

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 328, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 572-580

  Guendouz, Abdelhamid ^a   Michelot, Jean Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorine 36; Confined aquifer; Groundwater; Permeability; Residence time; Sahara

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOILS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CHLORINE-36; CONFINED AQUIFER; RESIDENCE TIME; SAHARA;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOILS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; DATING METHOD; GROUNDWATER;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 33746922018     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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