Use of fluorescein as a ground water tracer in brackish water aquifers

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Chua, Lloyd H C ^a   Robertson, Alexander P ^b   Yee, W K ^a   Shuy, E B ^a   Lo, Edmond Y M ^a   Lim, T T ^a   Tan, S K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLUORESCENCE; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAND;

BRACKISH WATER AQUIFERS; FLUORESCEIN; GROUND WATER TRACERS;

GROUNDWATER;

FLUORESCEIN; NITRATE; WATER;

AQUIFER; BRACKISH WATER; DYE TRACER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; PH; WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33846237756     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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