Assessing river-groundwater exchange in the regulated Rhone River (Switzerland) using stable isotopes and geochemical tracers

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 701-712

  Fette, M ^a   Kipfer, R ^b,c   Schubert, C J ^a   Hoehn, E ^b   Wehrli, B ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TRACE ANALYSIS;

FLOOD PROTECTION; FLOW CAPACITY; RIVER RHONE; RIVER-GROUNDWATER EXCHANGE;

RIVERS;

FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER ENGINEERING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE RIVER; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 15744386969     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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