Origin and age of saline waters in Busko Spa (Southern Poland) determined by isotope, noble gas and hydrochemical methods: Evidence of interglacial and pre-Quaternary warm climate recharges

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 643-660

  Zuber, Andrzej ^a   Weise, Stephan M ^b   Osenbrück, Karsten ^c   Mateńko, Tomasz ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d PP Uzdrowisko Busko Solec ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NOBLE GAS; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RECHARGE; SALINE FLUID; SPA;

POLAND, BUSKO SPA; POLAND, SOLEA SPA;

EID: 0030729950     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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