Reconstruction of palaeoinfiltration during the Holocene using porewater data (Laxemar, Sweden)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-127

  Waber, H N ^a   Gimmi, T ^a,b   Smellie, J A T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Conterra AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; INFILTRATION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; RECONSTRUCTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

KALMAR [SWEDEN]; LAXEMAR; SWEDEN;

EID: 84865299835     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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