Controls on the spatial and temporal variability of 222Rn in riparian groundwater in a lowland Chalk catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 58-69

  Mullinger, N J ^a   Pates, J M ^a   Binley, A M ^a   Crook, N P ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk streams; Groundwater; Radium; Radon; Stream aquifer interactions

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE CORES; CHALK STREAMS; DIFFERENT SCALE; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; LOWLAND CHALK CATCHMENT; RADIUM CONCENTRATIONS; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON EMANATION; RAINFALL EVENT; RIPARIAN GROUNDWATER; RIPARIAN ZONES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STREAM-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER TABLE ELEVATION; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COREMAKING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAD; RADIUM; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

RADON;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; CHALK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PIEZOMETER; RADIUM; RADON; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACER; WATER TABLE;

BERKSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAMBOURN BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69849085102     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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