The curved 14C vs. δ13C relationship in dissolved inorganic carbon: A useful tool for groundwater age- and geochemical interpretations

Chemical Geology

Volumn 387, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-125

  Han, Liang Feng ^a   Niel Plummer, L ^b   Aggarwal, Pradeep ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater dating; Models; Radiocarbon; Relationship of 14C and 13C values of dissolved inorganic carbon

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL INTERPRETATION; GROUNDWATER AGES; GROUNDWATER DATING; RADIOCARBON;

MODELS;

AGE DETERMINATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MODELING; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 84908350790     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.08.026     Document Type: Article

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