Review: Thermal water resources in carbonate rock aquifers;Aperçu: les ressources en eau thermale des aquiféres carbonatés

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1303-1318

  Goldscheider, Nico ^a   Mádl Szonyi, Judit ^b   Eross, Anita ^b   Schill, Eva ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbonate rocks; Geothermal energy; Karst; Review; Thermal and mineral water

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE ROCK; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; POROSITY; THERMAL WATER;

BUDAPEST; HUNGARY;

EID: 77956270552     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0611-3     Document Type: Review

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