The study of relationships between spring recharge and discharge is the key theme of the chapter. The research methods with an emphasis on artificial and environmental tracers are put into focus. Examples of the combined use of various geochemical and hydrologic tools are presented, which can considerably enhance our understanding of complex hydrodynamic conditions in the aquife, as it was the case in the Rogaška Slatina area.
COBISS.SI-ID: 13840662
An extensive study of an international research group refers to comparisons and correlations of younger Paleozoic rocks in the Pannonia basin area and its wider periphery. The environments of rock formations are reconstructed as well as later tectonic movements and deformations, which led to their current position. A complicated structural composition of the area between the Labot, Donačka gora and Šoštanj fault is also described.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1602133
The paper presents statistical processing of geochemical environmental data by use of the factor analysis, which was applied also in the Rogaška Slatina area. The method eliminates the representative elements that are divided into associations. Each association is described by a factor, which reflects environmental characteristic that should be identified. Advantages and pitfalls of the method are stressed and new application possibilities are proposed, offered by self-organizing maps.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1778005
The paper describes the fractured aquifer system with spring and mineral water in the area of Rogaška Slatina, which was studied with complex geological, hydrogeological, chemical, geochemical, microbiological and isotopic investigations. The synthesis of results indicated that mineral waters are recharged from the area of the Boč carbonate massif, which was impossible to prove before due to incorrect geological data in the northern side of the massif.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1816661
The paper presents key guidelines for sustainable exploitation of aquifers with mineral and spring water, which is the basic source of the beverage industry. The importance of understanding of groundwater flow and solute/contaminant transport and of the quality and quantity monitoring methodology is stressed for prevention of potential pollution.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1640021