Hydrochemical tracers in the middle Rio Grande Basin, USA: 2. Calibration of a groundwater-flow model

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-407

  Sanford, Ward E ^a   Plummer, L Niel ^a   McAda, Douglas P ^a   Bexfield, Laura M ^a   Anderholm, Scott K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater age; Groundwater flow; Hydrochemistry; New Mexico; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; TRACER;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE;

EID: 4644351932     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-004-0326-4     Document Type: Article

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