[U. S. Geological Survey]

Chapter 10

Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopes in Rainfall-Runoff Studies

David P. Genereux and Richard P. Hooper



Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology (1998), C. Kendall and J. J. McDonnell (Eds.)
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 319-346.

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