Water temperature as a natural tracer - A case study of the Malenščica karst spring (SW Slovenia)

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-177

  Kogovšek, Janja ^a   Petrič, Metka ^a  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Karst spring; Malen ica; Recharge; Slovenia; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLOODING; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RECHARGE; SPRING WATER; SUMMER; TRACER; WATER LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

LAKE CERKNICA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 77956556292     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: 13334875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/gc.2010.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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