Strontium isotopes as tracers to delineate aquifer interactions and the influence of rainfall in the basalt plains of southeastern Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 367, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 188-199

  Raiber, Matthias ^a   Webb, John A ^a   Bennetts, Darren A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifer interactions; Groundwater hydraulics; Salinity; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BASALT; CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LIQUIDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE DISCHARGES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VOLCANOES; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA; BASALT WEATHERINGS; FLOW PATHS; GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS; HYDRAULIC CONNECTIONS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; MAJOR ION CHEMISTRIES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES; PALAEOZOIC; SALINISATION; SALINITY; SALT LAKES; SHALLOW SUBSURFACES; SOURCE MATERIALS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

STRONTIUM;

AQUIFER; BASALT; DRAINAGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAINFALL; SALINIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 61749098677     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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