Study of stable isotopes in the Kouris catchment (Cyprus) for the description of the regional groundwater flow

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 308, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 214-226

  Boronina, Anastasia ^a,d   Balderer, Werner ^a   Renard, Philippe ^b   Stichler, Willibald ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Groundwater; Ophiolites; Recharge; Semi arid climate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; EVAPORATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

ALTITUDE GRADIENTS; REGRESSION EQUATIONS; REGRESSION LINES; TRANSPORT MODELS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20144381636     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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