Environmental isotopes and hydrochemical study applied to surface water and groundwater interaction in the Awash River basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1548-1563

  Ayenew, Tenalem ^a   Kebede, Seifu ^a   Alemyahu, Tamiru ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afar; Awash; Ethiopian rift; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Hydrogeology; Isotopes

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

HIGH IONIC CONCENTRATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

AQUIFER; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AFAR; AFRICA; AWASH BASIN; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44449088432     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6716     Document Type: Article

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