Comparative study on humic substances isolated in thermal groundwaters from deep aquifers below 700 m

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-224

  Kovacs K ^a   Gaspar A ^b   Sajgo C S ^c   Schmitt Kopplin, P ^b,d   Tombacz E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic humic substances; Deep aquifer; Geothermal energy; Pannonian Basin; Thermal water

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTRACTION METHOD; FULVIC ACID; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; SAMPLING; THERMAL WATER; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 84870636636     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0168     Document Type: Article

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