Rainfall-recharge relationships within a karstic terrain in the Eastern Mediterranean semi-arid region, Israel: δ18O and δD characteristics

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 18-31

  Ayalon, Avner ^a   Bar Matthews, Miryam ^a   Sass, Eytan ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

18O; D; Cave; Eastern Mediterranean; MMWL; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SEEPAGE;

KARSTIC TERRAINS; MEDITERRANEAN METEORIC WATER LINE (MMWL);

HYDROLOGY;

KARST HYDROLOGY; RAINFALL/RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; VADOSE ZONE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0032486216     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00119-X     Document Type: Article

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