Fractured-aquifer hydrogeology from geophysical logs; the passaic formation, New Jersey

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 328-338

  Morin, Roger H ^a   Carleton, Glen B ^a   Poirier, Stéphane ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BEDDING PLANE PARTINGS; GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING; HIGH ANGLE FRACTURES; HYDROGEOLOGIC STRUCTURE; PASSAIC FORMATION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 0031106217     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00090.x     Document Type: Article

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