Role of mixing corrosion in calcite-aggressive H2O-CO2-CaCO3 solutions in the early evolution of karst aquifers in limestone

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1179-1188

  Gabrovšek, Franci ^a,b   Dreybrodt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CORROSION; LIMESTONE;

AQUIFER; CALCITE; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; CORROSION; KARST; LIMESTONE;

EID: 0034022417     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900337     Document Type: Article

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