A conceptual model for groundwater flow and geochemical evolution in the southern Outaouais Region, Québec, Canada

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-77

  Montcoudiol, N ^a   Molson, J ^a   Lemieux, J M ^a   Cloutier, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INERT GASES; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; MIXING; SILICATES;

CONFINED AQUIFERS; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; HYDROGEOLOGICAL FLOW SYSTEMS; OVERBURDEN AQUIFERS; SIGNIFICANT MIXING; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAST GLACIATION; MASS TRANSPORT; SILICATE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WELL WATER;

CANADA; OUTAOUAIS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84927776899     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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