Controls on 222Rn variations in a fractured crystalline rock aquifer evaluated using aquifer tests and geophysical logging

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 250-261

  Folger, P F ^a,b   Poeter, E ^b   Wanty, R B ^c   Frishman, D ^c   Day, W ^c  

^a US Senate   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RADIAL FLOW; TESTING; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER WELL LOGGING;

AQUIFER TESTS; FRACTURED CRYSTALLINE ROCK AQUIFER; GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING; HYDRAULIC APERTURES; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL; TRANSMISSIVE FRACTURE NETWORK;

RADON;

EID: 0030109499     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb01885.x     Document Type: Review

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