Investigating groundwater-river interactions using environmental tracers

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Baskaran, S ^a   Ransley, T ^a   Brodie, R S ^a,b   Baker, P ^a  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Border Rivers; Environmental tracers; Groundwater river interaction; Hydrochemistry; Radon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHLORIDE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; RADON ISOTOPE; RIVER; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 59049087658     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090802541887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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