Impact of blasting on groundwater composition in a fracture in Canada's Underground Research Laboratory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B1, 1997, Pages 573-584

  Gascoyne, Mel ^a,b   Thomas, David A ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION;

EID: 0030851364     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02857     Document Type: Article

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