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Mineral waters of the Kinneret basin and possible origin

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Lake Kinneret

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 32))

Abstract

The thermo-mineral springs are all located in the deepest part of the depression at or below an altitude of 200 m below MSL. Nearly all the springs are located on the western shore and the western part of the lake bottom. The salinity and temperature of the springs vary in a broad range from 400 to 22,000 ppm chloride and from 27 to 61°C respectively; in general the waters having the highest salinity have also the highest temperature. Besides their high salinity and temperature, these springs are also radioactive.

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  1. Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, P.O.B. 345, Tiberias, Israel

    C. Serruya

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Mazor, E. (1978). Mineral waters of the Kinneret basin and possible origin. In: Serruya, C. (eds) Lake Kinneret. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9954-1_6

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