Using radon-222 for tracing groundwater discharge into an open-pit lignite mining lake - A case study

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-400

  Schmidt, Axel ^a   Schubert, Michael ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Lake; Meromixis; Radon 222; Surface water; Tracer technique

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RADON;

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; LIGNITE; OPEN PIT MINE; RADON ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; METHODOLOGY; MINING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 36749025258     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010701705419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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