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physics.geo-ph2013
Tracer Applications of Noble Gas Radionuclides in the Geosciences
Z. -T. Lu, P. Schlosser, W. M. Smethie +8
The noble gas radionuclides, including 81Kr (half-life = 229,000 yr), 85Kr (11 yr), and 39Ar (269 yr), possess nearly ideal chemical and physical properties for studies of earth an…
physics.geo-ph2004★ 277 cited
One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81 and chlorine-36
N. C. Sturchio, X. Du, R. Purtschert +15
Measurements of 81Kr/Kr in deep groundwater from the Nubian Aquifer (Egypt) were performed by a new laser-based atom-counting method. 81Kr ages range from \~2x10^5 to ~1x10^6 yr, c…