Hydrogeochemistry of Alpine springs from North Slovenia: Insights from stable isotopes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 300-301, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-54

  Kanduč, Tjaša ^a   Mori, Nataša ^b   Kocman, David ^a   Stibilj, Vekoslava ^a   Grassa, Fausto ^c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon; Hydrogeochemistry; Oxygen; Springs; Stable isotopes; Tritium

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOLOGICAL COMPOSITION; GEOMORPHIC POSITION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; JULIAN ALPS; MASS BALANCE; MESOZOIC; ROCK TYPES; SLOVENIA; SOIL CO; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL THICKNESS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SPRING WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CARBON; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; SOILS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TRITIUM; WEATHERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DOLOMITE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; MESOZOIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERMIAN; SPRING WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUPERSATURATION;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 84856802285     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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