Groundwater ages, recharge conditions and hydrochemical evolution of a barrier island freshwater lens (Spiekeroog, Northern Germany)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-186

  Röper, Tania ^a   Kröger, Kerrin F ^a   Meyer, Hanno ^b   Sültenfuss, Jürgen ^c   Greskowiak, Janek ^a   Massmann, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3H 3He dating; Environmental tracer; Hydrochemistry; Island hydrology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

3H- 3HE DATING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AQUITARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GERMANY; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER AGES; HYDROCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; ION CONCENTRATIONS; OVER-ABSTRACTION; RECHARGE RATES; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WADDEN SEA; WATER SAMPLING;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; SODIUM; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGE STRUCTURE; AIR TEMPERATURE; BARRIER ISLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTUARINE FRONT; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MORPHODYNAMICS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRACER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA; SPIEKEROOG; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84863876085     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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