Evaluation of groundwater discharge in Lake Ezu, Kumamoto, based on radon in water

Japanese Journal of Limnology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-210

  Ono, Masahiko ^a   Shimada, Jun ^a   Ichikawa, Tsutomu ^b   Tokunaga, Takahiro ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aquifer; Lake Ezu; radon concentration; spring water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922687033     PISSN: 00215104     EISSN: 18824897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.72.193     Document Type: Article

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