Flow dynamics of groundwater and soil water in the former heap Gessenhalde at the uranium mining area of Ronneburg: A stable isotope approach

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 861-872

  Lonschinski, Martin ^a   Knöller, Kay ^b   Merten, Dirk ^a   Büchel, Georg ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

18Osulphate; 34Ssulphate; Gessenhalde; Retention time; Stable isotopes of water

Indexed keywords

FLOW AREA; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW DYNAMICS; FLOW PATH; FLOW SYSTEMS; GERMANY; GESSENHALDE; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INPUT SIGNAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RETENTION TIME; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES OF WATER; STAGNANT ZONES; SULPHATES; TRANSIT TIME; TRANSITION ZONES; URANIUM MINING; WATER RETENTION; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; SOIL MOISTURE; URANIUM;

GROUNDWATER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEACHING; MINING; OXIDATION; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; URANIUM; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION;

GERMANY; RONNEBURG; THURINGIA;

EID: 79952052484     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7872     Document Type: Article

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