Patterns of local and nonlocal water resource use across the western U.S. determined via stable isotope intercomparisons

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 8034-8049

  Good, Stephen P ^a   Kennedy, Casey D ^b   Stalker, Jeremy C ^c   Chesson, Lesley A ^d   Valenzuela, Luciano O ^e,f   Beasley, Melanie M ^g   Ehleringer, James R ^f   Bowen, Gabriel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IsoForensics Inc   (United States)

^e UEUQ UNCPBA ^*  (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; fossil groundwater; interbasin transfer; provenance; stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

BAYESIAN; EXTRACTION VOLUMES; GROUNDWATER MINING; INTERBASIN TRANSFER; PROVENANCE; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER AVAILABILITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINING; PROVENANCE; RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911126736     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015884     Document Type: Article

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