Groundwater recharge estimation using chloride, stable isotopes and tritium profiles in the sands of northwestern Senegal

Environmental Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 246-251

  Gaye, C B ^a   Edmunds, W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sand profiles; Deuterium; Environmental chloride; Groundwater recharge; Northwestern Senegal; Oxygen 18; Quaternary aquifer; Tritium

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS-CHEMICAL; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE ESTIMATION;

AQUIFER; CHLORIDE; DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; OXYGEN-18; QUATERNARY; TRACER; TRITIUM;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0029657360     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00770438     Document Type: Article

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