TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nikić, Zoran
AU  - Srecković-Batocanin, Danica
AU  - Burazer, Milenko
AU  - Ristić, Ratko
AU  - Papić, Petar
AU  - Nikolić, Vesna
PY  - 2013
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/564
AB  - Ultramafic rocks are generally taken to be 'waterless' or bearing little water. The mountain Zlatibor, western Serbia, largely built of Upper Jurassic ultramafics, is without perennial springs. However, in Gruda, an area on the NE side of Zlatibor, there are two perennial ascending springs with uniform discharge: Bijela esma and Hajduko Vrelo. The water from both springs is naturally mildly alkaline (pH similar to 8.4), of Mg-HCO3 type, and temperature similar to 11 A degrees C. The springs have been investigated with respect to derivation, dynamics and chemistry with a view to commercial use of the water. The results indicate zones of rocks fractured during tectonic events and/or under lithostatic pressure. Deep ultramafic rocks, equivalent to abyssal peridotites (the least depleted rocks of the upper mantle, rich in magnesium), include fractured aquifers characterized by heterogeneity and anisotropy. Groundwater arriving at the land surface derives from atmospheric precipitation, and its quality is converted through the process of serpentine acid hydrolysis into mildly alkaline Mg-HCO3 water. Both quantity and quality of water from these springs are stable and are unaffected by atmospheric precipitation or other external influences. A conceptual model of the structure, hydrogeological character of the aquifer, and the mechanism of groundwater derivation is developed for both springs.
T2  - Hydrogeology Journal
T1  - A conceptual model of mildly alkaline water discharging from the Zlatibor ultramafic massif, western Serbia
EP  - 1163
IS  - 5
SP  - 1147
VL  - 21
DO  - 10.1007/s10040-013-0983-2
UR  - conv_1087
ER  - 

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author = "Nikić, Zoran and Srecković-Batocanin, Danica and Burazer, Milenko and Ristić, Ratko and Papić, Petar and Nikolić, Vesna",
year = "2013",
abstract = "Ultramafic rocks are generally taken to be 'waterless' or bearing little water. The mountain Zlatibor, western Serbia, largely built of Upper Jurassic ultramafics, is without perennial springs. However, in Gruda, an area on the NE side of Zlatibor, there are two perennial ascending springs with uniform discharge: Bijela esma and Hajduko Vrelo. The water from both springs is naturally mildly alkaline (pH similar to 8.4), of Mg-HCO3 type, and temperature similar to 11 A degrees C. The springs have been investigated with respect to derivation, dynamics and chemistry with a view to commercial use of the water. The results indicate zones of rocks fractured during tectonic events and/or under lithostatic pressure. Deep ultramafic rocks, equivalent to abyssal peridotites (the least depleted rocks of the upper mantle, rich in magnesium), include fractured aquifers characterized by heterogeneity and anisotropy. Groundwater arriving at the land surface derives from atmospheric precipitation, and its quality is converted through the process of serpentine acid hydrolysis into mildly alkaline Mg-HCO3 water. Both quantity and quality of water from these springs are stable and are unaffected by atmospheric precipitation or other external influences. A conceptual model of the structure, hydrogeological character of the aquifer, and the mechanism of groundwater derivation is developed for both springs.",
journal = "Hydrogeology Journal",
title = "A conceptual model of mildly alkaline water discharging from the Zlatibor ultramafic massif, western Serbia",
pages = "1163-1147",
number = "5",
volume = "21",
doi = "10.1007/s10040-013-0983-2",
url = "conv_1087"
}

Nikić, Z., Srecković-Batocanin, D., Burazer, M., Ristić, R., Papić, P.,& Nikolić, V.. (2013). A conceptual model of mildly alkaline water discharging from the Zlatibor ultramafic massif, western Serbia. in Hydrogeology Journal, 21(5), 1147-1163.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-013-0983-2
conv_1087

Nikić Z, Srecković-Batocanin D, Burazer M, Ristić R, Papić P, Nikolić V. A conceptual model of mildly alkaline water discharging from the Zlatibor ultramafic massif, western Serbia. in Hydrogeology Journal. 2013;21(5):1147-1163.
doi:10.1007/s10040-013-0983-2
conv_1087 .

Nikić, Zoran, Srecković-Batocanin, Danica, Burazer, Milenko, Ristić, Ratko, Papić, Petar, Nikolić, Vesna, "A conceptual model of mildly alkaline water discharging from the Zlatibor ultramafic massif, western Serbia" in Hydrogeology Journal, 21, no. 5 (2013):1147-1163,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-013-0983-2 .,
conv_1087 .