The origin of thermal waters from the eastern flank of the Dead Sea Rift Valley (western Jordan)

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Capaccioni, Bruno ^a   Vaselli, Orlando ^b   Moretti, Elvio ^a   Tassi, Franco ^b   Franchi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; RIFT ZONE; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL WATER;

DEAD SEA; JORDAN;

EID: 0038268797     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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