[U. S. Geological Survey]

Chapter 20

Applications of Uranium- and Thorium-Series Radionuclides in Catchment Hydrology Studies

Thomas F. Kraemer and David P. Genereux



Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology (1998), C. Kendall and J. J. McDonnell (Eds.)
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 679-722.

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