Characterization of the Gacka River basin karst aquifer (Croatia): Hydrochemistry, stable isotopes and tritium-based mean residence times

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 245-254

  Ozyurt, Nur N ^a   Lutz, Hans O ^b,c   Hunjak, Tamara ^b   Mance, Diana ^b   Roller Lutz, Zvjezdana ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Croatia; Environmental isotopes; Gacka River; Karst; Lumped parameter modeling

Indexed keywords

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TRITIUM; WATERSHEDS;

CRETACEOUS CARBONATE; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GROUNDWATER TEMPERATURES; KARST; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELING; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFERS;

ISOTOPE; TRITIUM;

AQUIFER; CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; KARST HYDROLOGY; MODELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOGENE; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITIUM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CROATIA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPRING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CROATIA; GACKA RIVER; LIKA RIVER;

CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GACKA RIVER; KARST; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELING;

CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RIVERS; TRITIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84899667960     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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