Assessing the applicability of global CFC and SF6 input functions to groundwater dating in the UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 353-362

  Darling, W G ^a   Gooddy, D C ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFCs; Groundwater dating; SF6; Urban atmospheric mixing ratios

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LOW PASS FILTERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GAS FLUCTUATIONS; GROUNDWATER DATING; LOCAL ATMOSPHERIC EXCESSES; SULPHUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRACE GASES; URBAN ATMOSPHERIC MIXING RATIOS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; GROUND WATER; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

CFC; DATING METHOD; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; MIXING RATIO; SULFUR COMPOUND; TRACE GAS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; SOIL; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36649004757     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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