Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2011 Volume 139, Issue 3-4, Pages: 203-208
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1104203K
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Mineral waters of the Pannonian basin spas in the Republic of Serbia
Klimo Atila (Specijalna bolnica za rehabilitaciju „Banja Kanjiža”, Kanjiža)
Introduction. The fact itself that thermo-mineral waters and mud have healing
effects has always attracted attention throughout the history to exploit,
explore and study their benefit on the human body. Modern lifestyle and the
speed of life endanger man’s psycho-physical health. This is why people more
often return to old time proven values, the nature and natural health
resorts. Objective. To establish hydro-geological conditions for the
formation of mineral water and to summarize their balneological
characteristics in spas, i.e., in rehabilitation centres of the Pannonian
basin of the Republic of Serbia, where underground waters are still actively
exploited for balneotherapy. Methods. By retrospective descriptive analysis,
a recapitulation of hydro-geological conditions for the formation of mineral
waters was made and their balneological characteristics were established in
eight spas of the Pannonian basin. Results. The healing spas of the Pannonian
basin are predominated by HCO3 (2.9 g/l - 4.6% milival), iodic (up to 6.5
mg/l), slightly alkaline (pH up to 8.1) thermal-mineral water (temperature up
to 72°C, bounty to 36.6 l/s) with a significant content of Br (up to 8.1
mg/l), Fe (to 6.0 mg/l), metaboron (up to 60 mg/l) and metasilicon acid (up
to 95 mg/l). They are used for external application, bathing and showering.
Conclusion. Once the Pannonian Sea (the Paratethys), today a wide plain
terrain is a tectonic depression of the lower Pannonian pont age with compact
type aquifers. In the geological column of sedimentary rocks a large
underground aquifer was formed with free water of high mineralization, high
temperature and geothermal properties above the average in relation to the
European hydrogeological standards. Therefore, the Pannonian basin can be
rightly called a thermal valley with the predominance of sodium
hydro-carbonate (alkaline) iodine healing water of enviable abundance and
reserves.
Keywords: mineral water, spa, Pannonian Plain
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