The dissolved chemical and isotopic signature downflow the confluence of two large rivers: The case of the Parana and Paraguay rivers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 528, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-176

  Campodonico, Verena Agustina ^a   García, María Gabriela ^a   Pasquini, Andrea Inés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hydrochemistry; Mass balance model; Middle Paran River; Mixing of waters; South American large rivers; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; MIXING; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER RESOURCES;

CHEMICAL VARIABILITY; DISSOLVED CHEMICALS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER INFLOW; LARGE RIVERS; MASS BALANCE MODEL; WATER ISOTOPE;

RIVERS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS BALANCE; MIXING; RIVER DISCHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIBUTARY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

PARAGUAY RIVER; PARANA RIVER;

EID: 84932610389     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.06.027     Document Type: Article

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