Chemical and isotopic signature of old groundwater and magmatic solutes in a Costa Rican rain forest: Evidence from carbon, helium, and chlorine

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Genereux, David P ^a   Webb, Mathew ^c   Kip Solomon, D ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; CL-CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; INTERBASIN GROUNDWATER FLOWS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MAGMATIC SIGNATURES; RAIN FORESTS; SOIL GAS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; TRACER CONCENTRATION; VOLCANIC FLUIDS; WATER BUDGET;

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RAIN; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER;

BEDROCK; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; RAINFOREST; SURFACE WATER; TRACER; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANIC SOIL; WATER BUDGET; WEATHERING;

BARVA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA;

EID: 70349762646     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007630     Document Type: Article

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