Using groundwater geochemistry and environmental isotopes to assess the correction of 14C ages in a silicate-dominated aquifer system

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 382, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 174-187

  Cartwright, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon 14; Groundwater ages; Groundwater mixing; Murray basin; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CALCITE DISSOLUTION; CARBON 14; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GROUNDWATER AGES; GROUNDWATER MIXING; GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; MATRIX; METHANOGENESIS; MURRAY BASIN , AUSTRALIA; PROCESS CONTROLLING; RESIDENCE TIME;

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MIXING; SILICATES; STRONTIUM;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MIXING; RESIDENCE TIME; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 75149151856     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.12.032     Document Type: Article

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