Chemical and isotopic indicators of groundwater evolution in the basal sands of a buried bedrock valley in the midwestern United States: Implications for recharge, rock-water interactions, and mixing

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1047-1066

  Hackley, Keith C ^a   Panno, Samuel V ^a   Anderson, Thomas F ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; AQUIFER WATER; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER MIXING; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ILLINOIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; PLEISTOCENE; REDUCING CONDITIONS; ROCK WATER INTERACTION; SHALLOWER AQUIFERS; SULFATE REDUCTION;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; METHANATION; METHANE; MIXING; ORGANIC CARBON; PROCESS CONTROL; TRITIUM;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; DILUTION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; RECHARGE; TRITIUM; VALLEY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; ILLINOIS; MAHOMET AQUIFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954021022     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26574.1     Document Type: Article

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