Tracing and quantifying groundwater inflow into lakes using a simple method for radon-222 analysis

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1621-1631

  Kluge, T ^a   Ilmberger, J ^a   Von Ronden, C ^a   Aeschbach Hertig, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; INFLOW; LAKE; RADON ISOTOPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34948816650     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1621-2007     Document Type: Article

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