Geochemistry and water dynamics of a medium-sized watershed: The Herault, southern France 1. Organisation of the different water reservoirs as constrained by Sr isotopes, major, and trace elements

Chemical Geology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 63-83

  Petelet, Emmanuelle ^a   Luck, Jean Marc ^a   Ben Othman, Dalila ^a   Negrel, Philippe ^b   Aquilina, Luc ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c Avenue de Pinville 34000   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032563755     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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