Over a third of groundwater in USA public-supply aquifers is Anthropocene-age and susceptible to surface contamination
The distribution of groundwater age is useful for evaluating the susceptibility and sustainability of groundwater resources. Here, we compute the aquifer-scale cumulative distribution function to characterize the age distribution for 21 Principal Aquifers that account for ~80% of public-supply pumpi...
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Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2022
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