Controls on the distribution and isotopic composition of helium in deep ground-water flows

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-294

  Zhao, Xiang ^a   Fritzel, Theresa L B ^a,c   Quinodoz, Hernán A M ^a,d   Bethke, Craig M ^a   Torgersen, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c E and P Technology Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS;

FLOW REGIMES; HELIUM CONCENTRATIONS; HELIUM FLUX; HELIUM TRANSPORT; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

HELIUM;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 84874996073     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0291:COTDAI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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