Water losses from a reservoir built in karst: The example of the Boljunčica reservoir (Istria, Croatia)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-345

  Bonacci, Ognjen ^a   Rubinić, Josip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b University of Rijeka   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Boljun ica reservoir; Karst; Swallow holes; Water losses

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VOLUMES; CONTACT ZONE; CROATIA; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; GROUND WATER LEVEL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL FACTORS; INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; KARST; MULTIPURPOSE RESERVOIRS; QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; RESERVOIR VOLUME; SWALLOW HOLES; WATER IMPERMEABLE; WATER LOSS; WATER LOSSES; WATER VOLUMES;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CONTACT ZONE; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FLYSCH; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ISTRIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 70349852859     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1599-z     Document Type: Article

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