Isotope hydrology of southern Nevada groundwater: Stable isotopes and radiocarbon

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 279-294

  Davisson, M L ^a   Smith, D K ^a   Kenneally, J ^a   Rose, T P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EVAPORATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); ROCKS; SNOW;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GLOBAL METEORIC WATER LINE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032951110     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900040     Document Type: Article

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