Delineating the karstic flow system in the upper Lost River drainage basin, south central Indiana: Using sulphate and δ34SSO4 as tracers

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Lee, Eung Seok ^a,b   Krothe, Noel C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; RAIN; RIVER DIVERSION;

DELINEATING; KARSTIC FLOW SYSTEM;

DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE BASIN; HYDROCHEMISTRY; KARST HYDROLOGY; PHREATIC ZONE; SULFATE; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER STORAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037217222     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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