Stable isotope ratios in meteoric recharge and groundwater at Mt. Vulture volcano, southern Italy

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 87-97

  Paternoster, M ^a   Liotta, M ^b   Favara, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Isotopic composition; Meteoric recharge; Mt. Vulture; Southern Italy; Vertical isotope gradient

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC RECHARGE; MT. VULTURE; SOUTHERN ITALY; VERTICAL ISOTOPE GRADIENT;

GROUNDWATER;

CLIMATOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPES;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RAINGAUGE; RAINWATER; RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

BASILICATA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MOUNT VULTURE; POTENZA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41649090971     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.038     Document Type: Article

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