Groundwater noble gas, age, and temperature signatures in an Alpine watershed: Valuable tools in conceptual model development

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Manning, Andrew H ^a   Caine, Jonathan Saul ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; WATERSHEDS;

AQUIFER THICKNESS; GEOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NOBLE GAS; TEMPERATURE; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

COLORADO; HANDCART GULCH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249332723     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005349     Document Type: Article

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