Environmental isotopes (18O, 2H, and 87Sr/86Sr) as a tool in groundwater investigations in the Keta Basin, Ghana

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 190-201

  Jørgensen, Niels O ^a   Banoeng Yakubo, Bruce K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Radioactive isotopes; Salinization; Salt water fresh water relations; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347154904     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100400000122     Document Type: Article

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