Noble gas thermometry in groundwater hydrology

The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 81-122

  Aeschbach Hertig, Werner ^a   Solomon, D Kip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate archives; Excess air; Hydrogeology; Paleoclimate; Recharge temperatures

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; INERT GASES; THERMOMETERS;

CLIMATE ARCHIVES; EXCESS AIR; GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOCLIMATES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 85028513834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28836-4_5     Document Type: Chapter

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