Constraining groundwater flow, residence times, inter-aquifer mixing, and aquifer properties using environmental isotopes in the southeast Murray Basin, Australia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1698-1709

  Cartwright, Ian ^a,b   Weaver, Tamie R ^c   Cendón, Dioni I ^d   Fifield, L Keith ^e   Tweed, Sarah O ^f   Petrides, Ben ^g   Swane, Ian ^h  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c URS Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Coffey Environments Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^h Terrenus Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PROPERTIES; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATIC VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; LOW SALINITY; METHANOGENESIS; MURRAY BASIN , AUSTRALIA; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINE GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MIXING; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATES; STRONTIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; GLACIATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; METHANOGENESIS; MIXING; RECHARGE; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; VALLEY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 84865320410     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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