Using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and tritium (3H) to estimate groundwater age and flow velocity in Hohhot Basin, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1372-1382

  Liu, Jun ^a   Chen, Zongyu ^a   Wei, Wen ^a   Zhang, Yilong ^a   Li, Zhenghong ^a   Liu, Fuliang ^a   Guo, Hualiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Age dating; Arid area; Environmental tracers; Recharge

Indexed keywords

AGE-DATING; ARID AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL MODEL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL INFORMATIONS; RECHARGE; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRITIUM;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CFC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFINED AQUIFER; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PIEDMONT; RECHARGE; TRACER; TRITIUM; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

CHINA; HOHHOT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84891736521     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9659     Document Type: Article

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