Analysis of long-term dispersion in a river-recharged aquifer using tritium/helium data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Massmann, Gudrun ^a   Sültenfuß, Jürgen ^b   Pekdeger, Asaf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; TRITIUM; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BEST FITS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DECAY PRODUCTS; DISPERSIVE MIXING; DISPERSIVITY; FLOW DIRECTIONS; FLOW PATHS; GERMANY; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSIVITY; NOBLE GAS; OBSERVATION WELLS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT MODELS;

HELIUM;

DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RECHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TRITIUM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ODER RIVER;

EID: 62949164413     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006746     Document Type: Article

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