Apparent 85Kr ages of groundwater within the Royal watershed, Maine, USA

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 113-127

  Sidle, W C ^a  

^a Office of Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater age; Krypton 85; Maine; Recharge

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KRYPTON; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER AGE; KRYPTON-85; TRANSPORT MODELING;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; KRYPTON 85; WELL WATER; KRYPTON; WATER;

GAS TRANSPORT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KRYPTON; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; GAS; GAS TRANSPORT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEDIMENT; TIME;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KRYPTON; KRYPTON RADIOISOTOPES; MAINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 33750633143     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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