Unravelling sources of solutes in groundwater of an ancient landscape in NW Australia using stable Sr, H and O isotopes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 393-394, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-78

  Dogramaci, Shawan ^a,b   Skrzypek, Grzegorz ^b  

^a Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid; Stable isotope; Strontium; Water; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CATCHMENTS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; SHALE; STRONTIUM; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ARID; FRACTURED ROCK AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATER-BEARING FORMATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SOLUTE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84916908983     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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