Isotopically-depleted late Pleistocene groundwater in Columbia River Basalt aquifers: Evidence for recharge of glacial Lake Missoula floodwaters?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Brown, Kyle B ^a   McIntosh, Jennifer C ^a   Baker, Victor R ^a   Gosch, Damian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BASALT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD WATERS; GLACIAL LAKES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; RECHARGE WATER; SOIL WATER; WASHINGTON;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

BASALT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; FLOODING; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; PLEISTOCENE; RECHARGE; SOIL WATER;

COLUMBIA RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 78149418661     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044992     Document Type: Article

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