Milk river aquifer, Alberta, Canada — A case study. Chapter 11

The Milk river aquifer is a complex system in terms of origin and evolution of the chemical and isotopic composition of the groundwater. Fortunately, a wealth of physical and chemical data of the groundwater and the bonding shales was collected by numerous authors over a period of about 15 a that allowed applying various complementary approaches in dating the groundwater. Although these Milk river aquifer studies were carried out more than two decades ago, they can still be considered an outstanding example for dating of old groundwater.