The U-isotopes modeling in aquifers from Poços de Caldas plateau, Brazil

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 507-523

  Bonotto, D M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age and mixing; Brazil; Groundwater; Po os de Caldas plateau; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; ROCKS; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

AGE AND MIXING; BRAZIL; POÇOS DE CALDAS PLATEAU; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; GROUNDWATER; RESIDENCE TIME; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944471198     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1301-7     Document Type: Article

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