Changes in the isotopic and chemical composition of ground water resulting from a recharge pulse from a sinking stream

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 211, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 178-207

  Katz, Brian G ^a   Catches, John S ^b   Bullen, Thomas D ^c   Michel, Robert L ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b JEA Associates   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floridan aquifer; Geochemical modeling; Ground water tracers; Karst waters; Sinking stream; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPOSITION; DEUTERIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PH; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SILICA; WATERSHEDS;

FLORIDAN AQUIFER; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GROUND WATER TRACERS; KARST WATERS; SINKING STREAM;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RECHARGE; RIVER WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032215624     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00236-4     Document Type: Article

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