Geochemical monitoring of thermal waters in Slovenia: Relationships to seismic activity

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 919-930

  Zmazek, B ^a   Italiano, F ^b   Ivci M ^c   Vaupotic J ^a   Kobal, I ^a   Martinelli, G ^d  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^d Servizio Sistemi Informativi Geografici   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMAL WATERS;

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUIDS; RAIN; TIDES;

SEISMOLOGY;

RADON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SLOVENIA; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036888485     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00200-2     Document Type: Article

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