Moisture source in the Hyblean Mountains region (south-eastern Sicily, Italy): Evidence from stable isotopes signature

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2082-2095

  Grassa, Fausto ^a   Favara, Rocco ^a   Valenza, Mariano ^b  

^a SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); TRACE ELEMENTS;

HEAVY ISOTOPES; HYBLEAN GROUNDWATER; HYBLEAN MOUNTAINS (HM); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ISOTOPES;

EVAPORATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METEORIC WATER; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HYBLEAN PLATEAU; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750966058     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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