Application of tritium in precipitation and in groundwater of the Kouris catchment (Cyprus) for description of the regional groundwater flow

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1292-1308

  Boronina, Anastasia ^a,d   Renard, Philippe ^b   Balderer, Werner ^a   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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

FRESHWATER RESOURCES; KOURIS CATCHMENT; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; TROODOS MASSIF;

TRITIUM;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; TRITIUM;

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

EID: 21344460972     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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