Using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) to characterise groundwater movement and residence time in a lowland Chalk catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 44-52

  Gooddy, Daren C ^a   Darling, W George ^a   Abesser, Corinna ^a   Lapworth, Daniel J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment processes; CFCs; Chalk; Groundwater mixing; LOCAR; Residence time; SF6; Surface water groundwater interaction

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT PROCESSES; CHALK; GROUNDWATER MIXING; LOWLAND CATCHMENT RESEARCH (LOCAR); RESIDENCE TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; MIXING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MIXING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CFC; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MIXING; MOISTURE CONTENT; SULFUR COMPOUND; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE;

CHALK RIVER [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749514768     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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