Epikarst storage in a karst aquifer: A conceptual model based on isotopic data, Milandre test site, Switzerland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 106-124

  Perrin, Jérôme ^a   Jeannin, Pierre Yves ^a   Zwahlen, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Karst hydrology; Solute transport; Stable isotopes; Unsaturated zone; Water storage

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); INFILTRATION; ISOTOPES; RAIN; RIVERS; SEEPAGE;

TRIBUTARIES;

AQUIFERS;

KARST; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STORAGE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

KARST; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER STORAGE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0141793927     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00171-9     Document Type: Article

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