Groundwater dating by estimation of groundwater flow velocity and dissolved 4He accumulation rate calibrated by 36Cl in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-56

  Mahara, Y ^a   Habermehl, M A ^b   Hasegawa, T ^c   Nakata, K ^c   Ransley, T R ^b   Hatano, T ^d   Mizuochi, Y ^e   Kobayashi, H ^e   Ninomiya, A ^e   Senior, B R ^f   Yasuda, H ^g   Ohta, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^d Department of Engineering Industry ^*  (Japan)

^e Sumiko Consultants Co Ltd   (Japan)

^f B R Senior   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

4He accumulation; chloride concentration; cosmogenic 36Cl; environmental tracer; evapotranspiration; GAB; subsurface produced 36Cl

Indexed keywords

4HE ACCUMULATION; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION; COSMOGENIC 36CL; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACER; GAB; SUBSURFACE PRODUCED 36CL;

CEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM; KRYPTON; PROJECTILES; RADIOACTIVITY; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CALIBRATION; CHLORINE; DATING METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RESIDENCE TIME; TRACER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349446472     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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