A first estimate of ground water ages for the deep aquifer of the Kathmandu Basin, Nepal, using the radioisotope chlorine-36

Ground Water

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 449-457

  Cresswell, Richard G ^a,b   Bauld, John ^a   Jacobson, Gerry ^a   Khadka, Mohan Singh ^c   Jha, Mani Gopal ^c   Shrestha, Minesh Prasad ^c   Regmi, Sushila ^a  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Irrigation ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLAY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; RADIOISOTOPES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SAND; SEDIMENTS;

GROUND WATER AGES;

AQUIFERS;

AGE; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; RECHARGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

KATHMANDU; NEPAL;

EID: 0035035737     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2001.tb02329.x     Document Type: Article

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