The hydrochemical identification of groundwater flowing to the Bet She'an-Harod multiaquifer system (Lower Jordan Valley) by rare earth elements, yttrium, stable isotopes (H, O) and Tritium

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 703-714

  Siebert, Christian ^a   Rosenthal, Eliahu ^b   Möller, Peter ^c   Rödiger, Tino ^a   Meiler, Miki ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; DIAGENETICS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; JORDAN VALLEY; MANAGEMENT SCHEME; MIXING ZONES; MULTIAQUIFER SYSTEMS; OLIVINE BASALTS; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; RIFT SYSTEMS; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE ADSORPTION; WATER ISOTOPE;

AQUIFERS; BASALT; CERIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; OLIVINE; TRITIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT; YTTRIUM;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; BASALT; BRINE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRETACEOUS; FAULT ZONE; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFILTRATION; LIMESTONE; MIXING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECHARGE; RIFT ZONE; SOIL COVER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERTIARY; TRITIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT; YTTRIUM;

BEIT SHEAN VALLEY; HAROD VALLEY; ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 84856596359     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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