Properties of the closed-system equilibration model for dissolved noble gases in groundwater

Chemical Geology

Volumn 339, Issue , 2013, Pages 291-300

  Jung, Michael ^a   Wieser, Martin ^a   von Oehsen, Amany ^a,b   Aeschbach Hertig, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER IWES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excess air models; Monte Carlo; Noble gas temperature; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; CE MODELS; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; ENTRAPPED AIRS; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; EXCESS AIR; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ENSEMBLE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NOBLE GAS; NOBLE GAS TEMPERATURES; PARAMETER ERROR; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PARAMETER VALUES; REAL SAMPLES;

ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; INERT GASES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NOBLE GAS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873748491     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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