How can the epikarst zone influence the karst aquifer hydraulic behaviour?

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 761-765

  Trček, Branka ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Epikarst zone; Hydraulic behaviour; Karst aquifer; Natural tracers; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; WATER POLLUTION;

EPIKARST ZONE; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOUR; KARST AQUIFERS; NATURAL TRACERS; SLOVENIA;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST; PHREATIC ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HUBELJ SPRING; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845895728     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0387-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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