A quantitative study on accumulation of age mass around stagnation points in nested flow systems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Jiang, Xiao Wei ^a,b   Wan, Li ^a,b   Ge, Shemin ^c   Cao, Guo Liang ^a,b   Hou, Guang Cai ^d   Hu, Fu Sheng ^a,b   Wang, Xu Sheng ^a,b   Li, Hailong ^a,b   Liang, Si Hai ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER AGES; LOCAL FLOWS; LONG-TRAVEL; METALLIC IONS; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STAGNANT ZONES; STAGNATION POINTS; TRACER AGES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; MINERAL RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER;

ACCUMULATION; BOREHOLE; DRAINAGE BASIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAGNATION FLOW; TRACER;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS PLATEAU;

EID: 84870889503     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012509     Document Type: Article

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