Hydrochemical tracers in the middle Rio Grande Basin, USA: 1. Conceptualization of groundwater flow

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-388

  Plummer, L Niel ^a   Bexfield, Laura M ^a   Anderholm, Scott K ^a   Sanford, Ward E ^a   Busenberg, Eurybiades ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Hydrochemistry; New Mexico; Radio carbon age; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARID REGION; CARBON ISOTOPE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; TRACER;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE;

EID: 4644231860     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-004-0324-6     Document Type: Article

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