An isotopic study (2H and 18O) of water movements in clayey soils under a semiarid climate

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 779-789

  Mathieu, Renaud ^a,b   Bariac, Thierry ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; RAIN; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER;

AFRICA; EVAPORATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL; WATER FLOW;

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPE CONTENT;

EID: 0029663671     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00074     Document Type: Article

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