Seasonal changes of fulvic acid, Ca and Mg concentrations of water samples collected above and in the Béke Cave of the Aggtelek karst system (Hungary)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1727-1733

  Tatár, Enikö ^a,b   Mihucz, Victor G ^b,c   Zámbó, László ^a   Gasparics, Tibor ^a   Záray, Gyula ^a,b,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Hung Satellite Ctr Trace E   (Hungary)

^c Jt Res Grp Environ Chem H   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEASONAL CHANGES; SEEPAGE WATER;

CALCIUM; CORRELATION METHODS; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PH EFFECTS; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETRY;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CAVE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BEKE CAVE; BORSOD-ABAUJ-ZEMPLEN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; SLOVENSKY KRAS;

EID: 4444300724     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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