Reconstruction of groundwater flows and chemical water evolution in an amagmatic hydrothermal system (La Léchère, French Alps)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 381, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 189-202

  Thiebaud E ^a   Dzikowski, M ^b   Gasquet, D ^b   Renac, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Hydrochemistry; La L ch re; Orogenic setting; Thermal conditions

Indexed keywords

ALPS; AQUIFER ROCKS; CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS; CHEMICAL WATER; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; FAULT ZONE; FRENCH ALPS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; RESIDENCE TIME; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL WATERS;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; LANTHANUM; LEAD DEPOSITS; SODIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

EVAPORITE; FAULT ZONE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; OROGENIC BELT; RECONSTRUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 74549141541     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.041     Document Type: Article

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