Prospecting for groundwater discharge in the canals of Bangkok via natural radon and thoron

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 1485-1492

  Chanyotha, Supitcha ^a   Kranrod, Chutima ^a   Burnett, William C ^b   Lane Smith, Derek ^c   Simko, Jesse ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Durridge Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Groundwater; Radon; Seepage; Thailand; Thoron

Indexed keywords

RADON; SEEPAGE;

BANGKOK; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; NATURAL RADON; THAILAND; THORON;

GROUNDWATER;

CANAL; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; MASS BALANCE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEEPAGE; SHALLOW WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND;

EID: 84907984295     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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