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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298366103321

Titolo

Thermal and Mineral Waters : Origin, Properties and Applications / / edited by Werner Balderer, Adam Porowski, Hussein Idris, James W. LaMoreaux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-642-28824-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

Environmental Earth Sciences, , 2199-9155

Disciplina

551.23

Soggetti

Hydrogeology

Renewable energy sources

Engineering geology

Foundations

Hydraulics

Regional planning

Urban planning

Geophysics

Renewable and Green Energy

Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics

Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

Geophysics and Environmental Physics

Conference papers and proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

1. Saline groundwater ascension problems in East Cairo -- 2. Sinai Peninsula: AN overview of geology and thermal groundwater potentialies -- 3. Enchanced fluoride in groundwater in Eastern Anatolia: effects, origin and possibilities for remediation -- 4. Origin of thermal waters in Budapest based on chemical and isotope investigations including chlorine-36 -- 5. Resources of curative mud in the Crimea Peninsula -- 6. Chemical and isotopic characteristics of thermal waters in the Carpathian Region, South Poland: implication to



the origin and resources -- 7. Helwan springs: An overview -- 8. Occurrence of high bicarbonate groundwater in Victoria, Australia -- 9. Industrially valuable components in oil-field waters of Russia.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a compilation of manuscripts on mineral and thermal waters of different areas of the world. This special volume is devoted to the 41st Meeting of the Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters of International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CMTW) held in Cairo, Egypt, in October 2009. The presentations collected and presented in this volume show the variety of aspects of mineral and thermal waters occurrence and utilization in different countries of the world with a special focus on Egypt, Iran, Ukraine, Poland, Russia and Australia.