Environmental isotopic evidence for the origins of ground and surface water in a prairie discharge wetland

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-120

  Matheney, Ronald K ^a   Gerla, Philip J ^a  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Dakota aquifer; Deuterium; Discharge wetlands; Ground water; Hydrogen isotopes; North Dakota; Oxygen isotopes; Soil water; Stable isotopes; Tritium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000861489     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160684     Document Type: Article

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