Effect of the unsaturated zone thickness on the distribution of water mean transit times in a porous aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 516-526

  Schwientek, M ^a   Maloszewski, P ^a   Einsiedl, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental tracers; Groundwater; Porous aquifer; Test Field Scheyern; Transit time distribution; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER TESTS; DEPTH PROFILE; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; LUMPED PARAMETER; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELLING; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; MOVING PARTICLES; MULTI-LEVEL; SOUTHERN GERMANY; TERTIARY SEDIMENTS; TEST FIELDS; TEST SITE; TRANSIT TIME; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; TRAVEL DISTANCE; TRITIUM CONCENTRATION; UNSATURATED ZONE; VARIABLE THICKNESS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; TAXICABS; THICKNESS CONTROL; TRITIUM; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; RECHARGE; SAMPLING; TRACER; TRITIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE; WELL;

GERMANY;

EID: 70350577803     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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