Hydroclimatic and geothermal controls on the salinity of Mbaka Lakes (SW Tanzania): Limnological and paleolimnological implications

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 359, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 274-286

  Delalande, Manuëlla ^a   Bergonzini, Laurent ^a   Branchu, Philippe ^b   Filly, Annick ^a   Williamson, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Laboratoire Régional des Ponts et Chaussées de 1'Ouest Parisien   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Chloride; Deuterium; Lake Masoko; Lake water balance; Oxygen 18; Rungwe volcanic province

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EVAPORATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MIXING; MOISTURE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TURBULENT FLOW; VAPORS;

ACTIVE REGIONS; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CLOSED SURFACES; DEUTERIUM; DILUTION EFFECTS; EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM; FAULT LINES; GROUND WATERS; HYDROCLIMATIC; HYDROTHERMAL WATER; LAKE MALAWI; LAKE MASOKO; LAKE WATER; LAKE WATER BALANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; OXYGEN-18; POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION; RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE; SALINE LAKES; SALINITY SOURCES; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; TANZANIA; TIME INTERVALS; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LAKES;

AQUIFER; DEUTERIUM; INFLOW; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE ILAMBA; LAKE MALAWI; LAKE MASOKO; MBEYA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 50049102658     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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