Using Environmental Isotopes in a Coal Mine and a Gold Mine to Determine Groundwater Interaction;Die Verwendung von Umweltisotopen zur Bestimmung von Grundwasserwechselwirkungen in einem Kohle- und einem Goldbergwerk

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-23

  Vermeulen, P D ^a   Burger, M ^a   van Wyk, A ^a   Lukas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deuterium ( D); Environmental isotopes; Karoo aquifer; Witwatersrand aquifer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929154086     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-013-0245-5     Document Type: Article

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