The Guarani Aquifer System: Estimation of recharge along the Uruguay-Brazil border

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1667-1684

  Gómez, Andrea A ^a   Rodríguez, Leticia B ^a   Vives, Luis S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brazil; Groundwater recharge water budget; Numerical modeling; Transboundary aquifer; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL;

BRAZIL; GUARANI AQUIFER; URUGUAY;

EID: 77958502895     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0630-0     Document Type: Article

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