Hydro(radio)chemical relationships in the giant Guarani aquifer, Brazil

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 323, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 353-386

  Bonotto, Daniel Marcos ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Guarani aquifer; Hydrochemistry; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; URANIUM;

GUARANI AQUIFER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; URANIUM; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

BRAZIL; GUARANI AQUIFER; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747441413     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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