The age of groundwater - Definitions, models and why we do not need this term

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 222-230

  Suckow, Axel ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MEASURED VALUES; PARTICLE TRACKING; TIME-SCALES;

GROUNDWATER;

AGE DETERMINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RESIDENCE TIME; TIMESCALE; TRACER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84910057881     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.04.016     Document Type: Review

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