Geothermal systems

Isotopes in the Water Cycle: Past, Present and Future of a Developing Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 243-270

  Kharaka, Y K ^a   Mariner, R H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3023-1_16     Document Type: Chapter

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