Using environmental tracers to assess the extent of river-groundwater interaction in a quarried area of the English Chalk

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 923-932

  Darling, W G ^a   Gooddy, D C ^a   Riches, J ^b   Wallis, I ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CHARACTERISATION; ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHALK; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; FLOW PATH; GROUND WATER MOVEMENT; KARSTIC; LOCAL SCALE; PISTON FLOW; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULPHUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

AQUIFERS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOTOPES; QUARRIES; RIVERS; SULFUR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRITIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CFC; CHALK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; INFILTRATION; KARST HYDROLOGY; QUARRY; RECHARGE; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TRITIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954865354     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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