Pleistocene paleo-groundwater as a pristine fresh water resource in southern Germany - Evidence from stable and radiogenic isotopes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-115

  van Geldern, Robert ^a   Baier, Alfons ^a   Subert, Hannah L ^a   Kowol, Sigrid ^b   Balk, Laura ^a   Barth, Johannes A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Erlanger Stadtwerke AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Keuper; Oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes; Paleo groundwater; Radiocarbon; Tritium

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; TRITIUM; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; KEUPER; RADIOCARBON; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; FRESH WATER; ISOTOPE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GERMANY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; STANDARDS; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; WATER CYCLE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84904766275     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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