Recharge areas and hydrochemistry of carbonate springs issuing from Semmering Massif, Austria, based on long-term oxygen-18 and hydrochemical data evidence

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 628-642

  Yehdegho, Beyene ^a   Reichl, Peter ^a  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Carbonate springs; Hydrochemistry; Oxygen 18; Recharge area; Semmering

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; SPRING WATER;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0141594893     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-002-0228-2     Document Type: Article

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