Use of a vertical δ18O profile to constrain hydraulic properties and recharge rates across a glacio-lacustrine unit, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-336

  Person, Mark ^a   Marksamer, Andee ^b   Dugan, Brandon ^c   Sauer, Peter E ^d   Brown, Kyle ^e   Bish, David ^d   Licht, Kathy J ^f   Willett, Mark ^g  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Wannacomet Water Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Confining units; Diffusion; Groundwater recharge water budget; Hydrochemical modeling; USA

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RECHARGE; SOLUTE; WATER BUDGET;

MASSACHUSETTS; NANTUCKET; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857399872     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0795-1     Document Type: Article

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