A geochemical survey of spring water from the main Ethiopian rift valley, southern Ethiopia: Implications for well-head protection

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-272

  McKenzie, Jeffrey M ^a   Siegel, Donald I ^a   Patterson, William ^a   McKenzie, D J ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Groundwater; Groundwater surface water relations; Hydrochemistry; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037511172     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100400100134     Document Type: Review

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