Depositional properties and geochemistry of Holocene perched springline tufa deposits and associated spring waters: A case study from the Denizli province, Western Turkey

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 336, Issue , 2010, Pages 245-262

  Özkul, Mehmet ^a   Gökgöz, Ali ^a   Horvatinčić, Nada ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPRING WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TUFA;

DENIZLI [TURKEY]; MENDERES BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 77956071077     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP336.13     Document Type: Article

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