Noble gas excess air applied to distinguish groundwater recharge conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1949-1955

  Ingram, Richard G S ^a   Hiscock, Kevin M ^a   Dennis, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; INERT GASES; SANDSTONE;

DISCRETE PATHWAYS; FLOW DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE;

WATER ANALYSIS;

GROUND WATER; INERT GAS;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; INERT GASES; SANDSTONE; WATER ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NOBLE GAS; RECHARGE; SANDSTONE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GAS ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; SURFACE CHARGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TABLE;

AIR; ENGLAND; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOBLE GASES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947361962     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061115r     Document Type: Article

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