Radiocarbon variability in groundwater in an extremely arid zone-the Arava Valley, Israel

Radiocarbon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 963-978

  Burg, Avihu ^a   Zilberbrand, Michael ^b   Yechieli, Yoseph ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arava Valley; Arid zone; Kurnub Group; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; FLASH FLOOD; GROUNDWATER; MIXING; RECHARGE; WATER QUALITY;

ARAVA VALLEY; ISRAEL;

EID: 84884367810     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16264     Document Type: Article

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