Groundwater residence time and paleorecharge conditions in the deep confined aquifers of the coastal watershed, South-East Tanzania

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-140

  Bakari, Said S ^a   Aagaard, Per ^a   Vogt, Rolf D ^a   Ruden, Fridtjov ^b   Brennwald, Matthias S ^c   Johansen, Ingar ^d   Gulliksen, Steinar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Ruden Aquifer Development Ltd   (Norway)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Groundwater residence time; Paleorecharge; Stable isotopes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE; PALEORECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPES; TANZANIA;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECHARGE; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERSHED;

DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; IFAKARA; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84866556071     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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