The location of old groundwater in hydrogeologic basins and layered aquifer systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3042-3047

  Gassiat, Claire ^a   Gleeson, Tom ^a   Luijendijk, Elco ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aquifer systems; groundwater age; regional groundwater flow; sedimentary basins; subsurface hydrology

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER AGES; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84880540237     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50599     Document Type: Article

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