The Effects of Past Climate Change and Recent Agricultural Irrigation Recharge on the Sources, Ages, and Quality of Groundwater in the Columbia River Basalt Aquifers, Columbia Basin, Central Washington

This study uses multiple isotopic (2H, 18O, 13C, 15NNO3, 18ONO3, 87Sr/86Sr) and age tracers (3H, 14C, CFCs), in conjunction with elemental chemistry, to address the following research question: How have present day anthropogenic activities (i.e. surface water irrigation and fertilizer application) a...

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Main Author: Brown, Kyle
Other Authors: McIntosh, Jennifer C.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193418