Characterization and dating of saline groundwater in the dead sea area

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1123-1140

  Avrahamov, Naama ^a,b   Yechieli, Yoseph ^b   Lazar, Boaz ^c   Lewenberg, Omer ^b,c   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^d   Sivan, Orit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BRINE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; OXIDATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITIUM;

DEAD SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78049297014     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200046208     Document Type: Article

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