Contribution of isotopic and nuclear tracers to study of groundwaters

Isotopes in the Water Cycle: Past, Present and Future of a Developing Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 171-192

  Edmunds, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3023-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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