Seasonal variations in the isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen in geothermal waters from Bakreswar and Tantloi, Eastern India: Implications for groundwater characterization

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-278

  Majumdar, N ^a   Majumdar, Ratjit K ^a   Mukherjee, A L ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Jani, R A ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Non thermal water; Seasonal variation; Stable isotopes; Thermal spring; Tritium

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

TRITIUM;

EID: 18544389531     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(04)00077-X     Document Type: Article

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