Dating of 'young' groundwaters using environmental tracers: Advantages, applications, and research needs

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-278

  Newman, Brent D ^a   Osenbrück, Karsten ^b   Aeschbach Hertig, Werner ^c   Solomon, D Kip ^d   Cook, Peter ^e   Rózánski, Kazimierz ^f   Kipfer, Rolf ^g  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^g SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental tracers; Groundwater age; Groundwater dating; Isotope measurements; Isotope tracer techniques; Methods and equipment; Residence time

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

AGE DETERMINATION; DATING METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIMESCALE; TRACER; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; ISOTOPES; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77956659242     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2010.514339     Document Type: Article

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