Interpretation of groundwater flow patterns through a reconstruction of the tritium precipitation record in the Cochabamba Valley, Bolivia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 180, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 155-172

  Stimson, Jesse ^a   Rudolph, David ^a   Frape, Shaun ^a   Drimmie, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW PATTERNS; SPRINGS (WATER); TRITIUM; WATER WELLS;

ALLUVIAL FANS; BOLIVIA; COCHABAMBA VALLEY; RADIOGENIC DECAY; TRITIUM PRECIPITATION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

COCHABAMBA VALLEY, BOLIVIA; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; PRECIPITATION; TRITIUM RECORD;

EID: 0030131266     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02902-8     Document Type: Article

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