Contributions of the different water sources to the Elqui river runoff (northern Chile) evaluated by H/O isotopes

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-322

  Strauch, Gerhard ^a   Oyarzun, Jorge ^b,c   Fiebig Wittmaack, Melitta ^b,c   González, Edmundo ^b,c   Weise, Stephan ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Elqui river; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Meteoric water; Northern Chile; Oxygen 18

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; DEUTERIUM; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; SULFATE;

DISCHARGE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; TRIBUTARY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; ENVIRONMENT; RIVER; WATER FLOW;

CHILE; CHLORIDES; DEUTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SULFATES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CHILE; COQUIMBO; ELQUI RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746649099     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010600839707     Document Type: Article

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