Relationship between thermal groundwater and environmental genesis of wetlands: The case of the Prats de Sant Sebastià, northwestern Mediterranean margin

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 331-338

  Vehí, Montserrat ^a   Bach, Joan ^b   Roqué, Carles ^a   Linares, Rogelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caldes de Malavella (northwestern Mediterranean margin); Groundwater flow; Salinization; Thermal saline springs; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; THERMAL SPRING; WETLAND;

CALDES DE MALAVELLA; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PRATS DE SANT SEBASTIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548686786     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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