Groundwater flow patterns in the San Luis Valley, Colorado, USA revisited: An evaluation of solute and isotopic data

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 383-408

  Mayo, Alan L ^a   Davey, Allen ^b   Christiansen, David ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Davis Engineering Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed basin; Groundwater age; Groundwater surface water relations; Hydrogeochemistry; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649161011     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-006-0079-3     Document Type: Article

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