New isotopic evidence for the origin of groundwater from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer in the Negev, Israel

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1052-1073

  Vengosh, Avner ^a   Hening, Sharona ^b   Ganor, Jiwchar ^b   Mayer, Bernhard ^c   Weyhenmeyer, Constanze E ^d   Bullen, Thomas D ^e   Paytan, Adina ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; SANDSTONE;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUBIAN SANDSTONE; RADIOCARBON MEASUREMENTS;

GROUNDWATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; CONFINED AQUIFER; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATE GLACIAL; PROVENANCE; RECHARGE; RECONSTRUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARAVA VALLEY; ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247629645     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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