Groundwaters of Mt. Vulture volcano, southern Italy: Chemistry and sulfur isotope composition of dissolved sulfate

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-135

  Paternoster, Michele ^a   Parisi, Serena ^a   Caracausi, Antonio ^b   Favara, Rocco ^b   Mongelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrogeochemistry; Mt. Vulture volcano; Silicate weathering; Sulfur isotope composition; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLVED MATTER; EVAPORITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SALINITY; SILICATE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

BASILICATA; ITALY; MOUNT VULTURE; POTENZA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78751512861     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0050     Document Type: Article

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