Multiport Well Design for Sampling of Ground Water at Closely Spaced Vertical Intervals

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1098-1104

  Delin, Geoffrey N ^a   Landon, Matthew K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; HYDRAULICS; IONS; ISOTOPES; MONOMERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING; TRACE ELEMENTS; VACUUM PUMPS;

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED GASES; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MULTIPORT WELLS; NUTRIENTS; PERISTALTIC PUMP; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; VERTICAL SAMPLING;

WATER WELLS;

EID: 0030290602     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb02176.x     Document Type: Article

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