Estimating ungauged catchment flows from Lake Tana floodplains, Ethiopia: An isotope hydrological approach

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-86

  Kebede, Seifu ^a,c   Admasu, Girum ^b   Travi, Yves ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Ministry of Water Resources   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Groundwater; Hydrogen 2; Isotope geochemistry; Lake tana; Oxygen 18; Ungauged catchment; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

CATCHMENT; DISSOLUTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OUTFLOW; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ETHIOPIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER CYCLE;

DEUTERIUM; ETHIOPIA; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; WATER CYCLE;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA;

EID: 79952496227     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2011.556724     Document Type: Article

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