Simulation of groundwater age evolution during the Wisconsinian glaciation over the Canadian landscape

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-102

  Lemieux, Jean Michel ^a   Sudicky, Edward A ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Groundwater age; Numerical modelling; Paleo hydrogeology; Wisconsinian glaciation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIOISOSTASY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RESIDENCE TIME; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA;

EID: 75949089061     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-009-9142-7     Document Type: Article

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