Hydrogeochemical and stable isotope characteristics of the river idrijca (Slovenia), the boundary watershed between the adriatic and black seas

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-262

  Kanduč, Tjaša ^a   Kocman, David ^a   Ogrinc, Nives ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chemical composition; Oxygen; River Idrijca; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRIBUTARY; WATERSHED;

ADRIATIC SEA; BLACK SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IDRIJCA RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48449098285     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-008-9035-2     Document Type: Article

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