Residence times and age distributions of spring waters at the Semmering catchment area, Eastern Austria, as inferred from tritium, CFCs and stable isotopes

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-50

  Han, Liangfeng ^a   Hacker, Peter ^b   Gröning, Manfred ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age distribution; CFCs; Groundwater; Hydrogen 2; Hydrogen 3; Oxygen 18

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DEUTERIUM; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; TRITIUM;

CATCHMENT; CFC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RESIDENCE TIME; SPRING WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER FLOW;

AUSTRIA; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DEUTERIUM; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34247584044     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010601154015     Document Type: Article

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