Oxygen, hydrogen, and helium isotopes for investigating groundwater systems of the Cape Verde Islands, West Africa

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1157-1174

  Heilweil, Victor M ^a   Solomon, Kip D ^b   Gingerich, Stephen B ^a   Verstraeten, Ingrid M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Verde Islands; Groundwater age; Mantle helium; Ocean island basalts (OIBs); Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOW PATTERN; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TRITIUM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA;

EID: 67649413308     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0434-2     Document Type: Article

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