Groundwater recharge in a sedimentary basin in semi-arid Mexico

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 511-530

  Mahlknecht, Jürgen ^a   Schneider, Jean F ^a   Merkel, Broder J ^b   de Leon, Ignacio Navarro ^c   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge; Hydrochemistry; Mexico; Semi arid regions; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RECHARGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444233049     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-004-0332-6     Document Type: Article

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