Geochemistry of submarine warm springs in the limestone cavern of Grotta Azzurra, Capo Palinuro, Italy: Evidence for mixing-zone dolomitisation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 113-125

  Stüben, Doris ^a   Sedwick, Peter ^b   Colantoni, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; DOLOMITIZATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; SEAWATER; THERMAL SPRING;

ITALY, CAMPANIA, CAPO PALINURO, GROTTO AZZURRA;

EID: 0030432975     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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