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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 1973; v. 6; issue.2; p. 141-152;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1973.006.02.02
© 1973 Geological Society of London

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Groundwater recharge in the Lower Greensand of the London Basin—results of tritium and carbon-14 determinations

John David Mather, B.SC, PH.D., F.G.S. & David Alfred Gray, B.SC, P.A.I.W.E., F.G.S.

Hydrogeological Department, Institute of Geological Sciences, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DE.

Raymond Alfred Allen, M.A., D.PHIL. & Douglas Brian Smith, M.SC.

Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Nuclear Physics Division, Harwell, Didcot, Berkshire.

Groundwater derived from the Lower Greensand of the London Basin has been ‘dated’ by the use of tritium and carbon-14 techniques. The data indicate that replenishment from the northern outcrop is feasible but that movement from the southern outcrop is extremely slow and possibly restricted.




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