Multiple isotope approach to the determination of the natural attenuation potential of a high-alpine karst system

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 365, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 113-121

  Einsiedl, Florian ^a   Maloszewski, Piotr ^a   Stichler, Willibald ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental isotopes; Karst groundwater; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POTABLE WATER; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SPRINGS (WATER); SULFATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TRITIUM; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CATCHMENT AREAS; DRINKING WATER RESOURCES; DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; EVAPORITES; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER SULFATES; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARST SYSTEMS; KARSTIC; LUMPED PARAMETERS; MEAN TRANSIT TIMES; MODELLING; NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; SNOWMELT WATERS; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSIT TIMES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KARST; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 58349087645     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.11.042     Document Type: Article

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