Seminar 1: Applications of Boron Isotopes to Groundwater Studies

General Background on B isotopes: (Lecture): Ryan

Papers: Liauw-a-Pau and Morrison

Schwarcz, S. P., E.K. Agyei and C.C. McMullen (1969) Boron Isotopic Fractionation during Clay Adsorption from Seawater. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 6: 1-5.

Bassett, R.L., P. Buszka, G.R. Davidson, and D. Diaz-Chong (1997?) The identification of groundwater sources using boron isotopic composition. Envir. Sci. Tech, in press.

Davidson, G.R. and R.L. Bassett (1993) Application of Boron isotopes for identifying contaminants such as fly ash leachate in groundwater. Envir. Sci. Tech. 27: 172-176.

Leenhouts, J.L., R.L. Bassett and T. Maddock (1994) Application of boron isotope ratios for identifying nitrate concentration sources in the groundwater of Avra Valley, Arizona. HWR No. 94-010.
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