Applications of stable isotopes for regional to national-scale water quality and environmental monitoring programs

Isoscapes: Understanding movement, pattern, and process on Earth through isotope mapping

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 89-111

  Kendall, Carol ^a   Young, Megan B ^a   Silva, Steven R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 77953673810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3354-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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