The theoretical relation between unstable solutes and groundwater age

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Massoudieh, Arash ^a   Ginn, Timothy R ^b  

^a Catholic University of America ^*  (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE MODELING; DECAY RATE; GROUNDWATER AGES; MATHEMATICAL RELATION; RECHARGE WATER; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; SUB-SURFACE MATERIALS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; TRACER CONCENTRATION;

DECAY (ORGANIC); ISOTOPES; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGE STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLUTE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRACER;

EID: 80055046423     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010039     Document Type: Article

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