The contribution of groundwater discharge to the overall water budget of two typical Boreal lakes in Alberta/Canada estimated from a radon mass balance

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-89

  Schmidt, A ^a   Gibson, J J ^b   Santos, I R ^c   Schubert, M ^a   Tattrie, K ^b   Weiss, H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HALF LIFE; MASS BALANCE; OIL SAND; RADIONUCLIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER BUDGET; WATER COLUMN; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; CANADA; FORT MCMURRAY;

EID: 75449098316     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-79-2010     Document Type: Article

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