U isotope ratios as tracers of groundwater inputs into surface waters: Example of the Upper Rhine hydrosystem

Chemical Geology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Durand, Sébastien ^a   Chabaux, François ^a   Rihs, Sophie ^a   Duringer, Philippe ^a   Elsass, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Groundwaters; River waters; Sr and U isotopes; Upper Rhine hydrosytem

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WEATHERING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 20444439965     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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