The effects of dual-domain mass transfer on the tritium-helium-3 dating method

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4837-4843

  Neumann, Rebecca B ^a   Labolle, Eric M ^b   Harvey, Charles F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; INERT GASES; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIOACTIVITY; STEEL ANALYSIS; TRITIUM; AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HELIUM; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HELIUM-3; TRITIATED WATER; TRITIUM-HELIUM;

HELIUM; TRITIUM;

GROUND WATER; HELIUM; TRITIUM;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATING METHOD; HELIUM; MASS TRANSFER; MODELING; TRITIUM;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; FRESH WATER; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TRITIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AQUIFER RECHARGE; DIFFUSIVE MASS-TRANSFER; FIELD DATA; GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE; HELIUM-3; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MASS-TRANSFER PROCESS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; TRITIATED WATER;

EID: 46849122197     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7025246     Document Type: Article

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