Pore-throat size distributions in Permo-Triassic sandstones from the United Kingdom and some implications for contaminant hydrogeology

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-230

  Bloomfield, J P ^a   Gooddy, D C ^a   Bright, M I ^b   Williams, P J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Laboratory experiments; Pore throat size distribution; Sandstones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000112293     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100400100135     Document Type: Article

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