Using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and tritium to improve conceptual model of groundwater flow in the South Coast Aquifers of Laizhou Bay, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3614-3629

  Han, D M ^a   Song, X F ^a   Currell, Matthew J ^b   Tsujimura, Maki ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Groundwater age dating; Laizhou Bay; Mixing processes; Saltwater intrusion

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXING; BRINE WATER; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL REGIONS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; GROUND-WATER CIRCULATION; GROUNDWATER AGES; GROUNDWATER MIXING; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LAIZHOU BAY; MIXING PROCESS; MIXING ZONES; NORTH CHINA; NORTHERN CHINA; OVEREXPLOITATION; PHYSICAL DATA; SALINE INTRUSION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; STUDY AREAS; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AQUIFERS; BRINES; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; FLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; TRITIUM;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CFC; COASTAL AQUIFER; DATING METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; SALINE INTRUSION; TRITIUM;

CHINA; LAIZHOU BAY; SHANDONG;

EID: 84867886818     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8450     Document Type: Article

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