Limitations of the Use of Environmental Tracers to Infer Groundwater Age

Groundwater

Volumn 53, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 56-70

  McCallum, James L ^a   Cook, Peter G ^a,b,c   Simmons, Craig T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER PROPERTIES; CORRECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; GROUNDWATER MODELS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; MEAN TRANSIT TIME;

TRACERS;

ARGON; CARBON; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; GROUND WATER; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRITIUM;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ARGON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOISOTOPES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRITIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84927010233     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12237     Document Type: Article

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