Groundwater recharge to a sedimentary aquifer in the topographically closed Uley South Basin, South Australia

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-72

  Ordens, Carlos M ^a,b   Werner, Adrian D ^a   Post, Vincent E A ^a   Hutson, John L ^a   Simmons, Craig T ^a   Irvine, Benjamin M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Australia; CFC; Chloride mass balance; Groundwater recharge; Water table fluctuation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CHLORIDE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEASONALITY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84922685617     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0794-2     Document Type: Article

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