Methods for using argon-39 to age-date groundwater using ultra-low-background proportional counting [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2016.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Physical Description
- pages 9-12 : digital, PDF file
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.), United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Argon-39 can be used as a tracer for age-dating glaciers, oceans, and more recently, groundwater. With a half-life of 269 years, 39Ar fills an intermediate age range gap (50–1,000 years) not currently covered by other common groundwater tracers. Therefore, adding this tracer to the data suite for groundwater studies provides an important tool for improving our understanding of groundwater systems. Lastly, we present the methods employed for arriving at an age-date for a given sample of argon degassed from groundwater.
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- E 1.99:pnnl-sa--117389
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/21/2016.
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Applied Radiation and Isotopes 126 ISSN 0969-8043 AM
Emily Mace; Craig Aalseth; Jill Brandenberger; Anthony Day; Eric Hoppe; Paul Humble; Martin Keillor; Justin Kulongoski; Cory Overman; Mark Panisko; Allen Seifert; Signe White; Eric Wilcox Freeburg; Richard Williams. - Funding Information
- AC05-76RL01830
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