Geochemical indicators of groundwater recharge in the surficial aquifer system, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 404, Issue , 2006, Pages 251-266

  Price, René M ^a   Swart, Peter K ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Groundwater; Hydrogen; Oxygen; Recharge; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

EVERGLADES; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; GEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST; NATIONAL PARK; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CRATAEGUS;

EID: 73949105536     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2404(21)     Document Type: Article

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