Bias of Apparent Tracer Ages in Heterogeneous Environments

Groundwater

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-250

  Mccallum, James L ^a   Cook, Peter G ^a   Simmons, Craig T ^a   Werner, Adrian D ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACER METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; NON-LINEAR VARIATION; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTDS); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; CONFINED AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; HETEROGENEITY; NONLINEARITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; WATER RESOURCE;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; GROUND WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL BIAS; WATER FLOW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIOISOTOPES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84895888778     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12052     Document Type: Article

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