Groundwater recharge areas of a volcanic aquifer system inferred from hydraulic, hydrogeochemical and stable isotope data: Mount Vulture, southern Italy

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-153

  Parisi, Serena ^a   Paternoster, Michele ^a   Kohfahl, Claus ^b   Pekdeger, Asaf ^c   Meyer, Hanno ^d   Hubberten, Hans Wolfgang ^d   Spilotro, Giuseppe ^a   Mongelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge water budget; Italy; Recharge elevation; Stable isotopes; Volcanic aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER BUDGET;

BASILICATA; ITALY; MOUNT VULTURE; POTENZA;

EID: 78751486103     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0619-8     Document Type: Article

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