Infiltration and hydraulic connections from the Niagara River to a fractured-dolomite aquifer in Niagara Falls, New York

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 84-97

  Yager, Richard M ^a   Kappel, William M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Niagara Falls; Oxygen 18; River infiltration; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; RIVERS;

NIAGARA FALLS;

INFILTRATION;

AQUIFER/RIVER INTERACTION; GROUNDWATER SOURCE; RECHARGE;

USA, NEW YORK, NIAGARA FALLS;

EID: 0032051842     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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