Evaporation effects on oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in deep vadose zone pore fluids at Hanford, Washington

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 220-232

  Depaolo, Donald J ^a   Conrad, Mark E ^a   Maher, Katharine ^b   Gee, Glendon W ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; HIGH WATER CONTENT; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES; OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; PARTIAL EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; UPPER LIMIT VALUES; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 18944381528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.1.220     Document Type: Article

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