Threshold behavior of karst aquifers: The example of the Lurbach karst system (Austria)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1349-1356

  Birk, S ^a   Wagner, T ^a   Mayaud, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heat transport; Karst catchments; Thresholds; Tracers; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE;

HEAT TRANSPORT; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE CHANGES; SPRING HYDROGRAPH; THRESHOLD BEHAVIOR; THRESHOLDS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

LANDFORMS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; KARST; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THRESHOLD; TRACER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84940363656     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3122-z     Document Type: Article

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