A graphical method to evaluate predominant geochemical processes occurring in groundwater systems for radiocarbon dating

Chemical Geology

Volumn 318-319, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-112

  Han, Liang Feng ^a   Plummer, L Niel ^b   Aggarwal, Pradeep ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphical method; Groundwater; Groundwater chemistry; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL MODELS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; GRAPHICAL METHODS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HYDROCHEMICALS; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE; QUALITATIVE ESTIMATES; RADIOCARBON AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING; WATER SAMPLES;

GRAPHIC METHODS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 84861964227     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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