Inferring shallow groundwater flow in saprolite and fractured rock using environmental tracers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1501-1509

  Cook, P G ^a,d   Solomon, D K ^a,e   Sanford, W E ^a   Busenberg, E ^b   Plummer, L N ^b   Poreda, R J ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; GROUND WATER; TRACER;

GROUNDWATER; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED ROCK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SAPROLITE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

FLUID FLOW; MODEL; OAK; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCK; SOLUTE; UNITED STATES;

USA, TENNESSEE, RIDGE AND VALLEY PROVINCE;

EID: 0029669574     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00354     Document Type: Article

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