Hydrogeology of thermal waters in Viterbo area, central Italy

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1508-1521

  Piscopo, V ^a   Barbieri, M ^b   Monetti, V ^c   Pagano, G ^d   Pistoni, S ^a   Ruggi, E ^a   Stanzione, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d STeGA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Conceptual models; Hydrochemistry; Thermal conditions; Viterbo

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; THERMAL WATER;

CIMINI MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VITERBO;

EID: 37849188474     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-006-0090-8     Document Type: Article

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