Characteristics and origin of the hydrogen sulphide spring water from the Split spa (Southern Croatia)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 109-117

  Štambuk Giljanović, Nives ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulphide; Hydrogen sulphide spring water; Split spa

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROLOGY; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE;

CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN CARBONATE;

SPRINGS (WATER);

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL WATER; RAIN; SEA WATER; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPRING WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPA TREATMENT; SPRING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL SPRING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

CROATIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPLIT;

EID: 41749091360     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9852-6     Document Type: Article

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