Assessing River Runoff Components in the Mountain Crimea. 2. The Runoff of Karst Aquifer Systems
Journal: Water Resources
Year: 2024

A three-component mixing model with the use of geochemical tracers was adapted to experimental basins of karst aquifer systems in the Mountain Crimea. As a result, the following stable recharge sources were identified: epikarstic water, forming mostly in the near-surface fractured and weathered zone of karstifying rocks; surface–slope water with different formation mechanisms; base flow karstic water, including a mixture of groundwater in the aeration zone of karst massifs below epikarst and phr