Groundwater in the Lake Myvatn area, northern Iceland: Chemistry, origin and interaction

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-128

  Kristmannsdóttir, Hrefna ^a   Ármannsson, Halldór ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b ICELAND GEOSURVEY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Geothermal effluent; Krafla; Model calculations; N mafjall; Tracer test; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; LAKE MYVATN;

EID: 3142623168     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000032067.47495.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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