Using 222Rn for hydrograph separation in a micro basin (Luxembourg)

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-107

  Kies, Antoine ^a   Hofmann, Harald ^a   Tosheva, Zornitza ^a   Hoffmann, Lucien ^b   Pfister, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Hydrograph separation; Hydrology; Radon; Tracer

Indexed keywords

RADON ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX]; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20844440908     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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