Water isotopes as environmental tracers for conceptual understanding of groundwater flow: An application for fractured aquifer systems in the "Scansano-Magliano in Toscana" area (Southern Tuscany, Italy)

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2255-2277

  Doveri, Marco ^a   Mussi, Mario ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental tracer; Fractured aquifer; Groundwater exploration; Groundwater flow systems; Italy; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SANDSTONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; FRACTURED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; ITALY; WATER ISOTOPE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE; SPRING WATER; TRACER;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84906221843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6082255     Document Type: Article

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