Application of environmental isotopes to groundwater recharge studies in a semi-arid fractured crystalline basement area of Dodoma, Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-457

  Nkotagu, Hudson ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE; SEMI ARID ENVIRONMENT;

TANZANIA, DODOMA;

EID: 0030455168     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-5362(96)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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