Estimating groundwater mixing ratios and their uncertainties using a statistical multi parameter approach

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Rueedi, Joerg ^a,b   Purtschert, Roland ^b   Beyerle, Urs ^b,c   Alberich, Carmen ^d   Kipfer, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

End member; Groundwater; Kriging; Mixing ratio; Niger; Tracer; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; ESTIMATION; MIXING; ROCKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER LAYERS; GROUNDWATER MIXING; MIXING RATIO; ROCK WATER INTERACTION;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KRIGING; MIXING RATIO; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 15944414593     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.06.044     Document Type: Article

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