Variability of groundwater flow and transport processes in karst under different hydrologic conditions;Spremenljivost pretakanja voda in prenosa snovi v krasu ob različnih hidroloških pogojih

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 327-338

  Ravbar, Nataša ^a  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow; Karst aquifer; Karst spring; Temporal hydrological variability; Transport processes; Water source protection

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; KARST; SPRING WATER; TURBULENT FLOW; VADOSE ZONE; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84890344935     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v42i2.644     Document Type: Article

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