Use of vertical profiles of δ18O to constrain estimates of hydraulic conductivity in a thick, unfractured aquitard

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2979-2987

  Remenda, V H ^a   Van Der Kamp, G ^b   Cherry, J A ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; SIMULATION;

DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

AQUITARD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER PROTECTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OXYGEN-18; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0029660127     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01778     Document Type: Article

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