The inter-relationship between coastal sub-aquifers and the Mediterranean Sea, deduced from radioactive isotopes analysis

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-274

  Yechieli, Yoseph ^a   Kafri, Uri ^a   Sivan, Orit ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Groundwater age; Israel; Paleohydrology; Radioactive isotopes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; SALINE INTRUSION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 61349106677     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0329-7     Document Type: Article

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