Use of geochemical, isotopic, and age tracer data to develop models of groundwater flow for the purpose of water management, northern High Plains aquifer, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 910-922

  McMahon, P B ^a   Carney, C P ^b,c   Poeter, E P ^c   Peterson, S M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Nebraska Public Power District   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DATA; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONDUCTIVITY DATA; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; FIELD MANAGEMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW MODEL; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUND-WATER MOUND; GROUNDWATER AGES; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; INVERSE MODELING; ISOTOPIC DATA; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; NEBRASKA; NUMERICAL MODELS; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER FLOWS; WATER SEEPAGE;

AQUIFERS; COAL; COOLING; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ISOTOPES; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER WELLS;

UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COOLING; DROUGHT; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; RESERVOIR; SEEPAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; TRITIUM; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GREAT PLAINS; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954855861     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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