The occurrence of groundwater in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of upland Central Wales

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-18

  Neal, C ^a   Robson, A J ^a   Shand, P ^b   Edmunds, W M ^b   Dixon, A J ^a   Buckley, D K ^b   Hill, S ^a   Harrow, M ^a   Neal, M ^a   Wilkinson, J ^a   Reynolds, B ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK LITHOLOGY; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HARD ROCK; RIVER WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

UK, WALES, DYFED, PLYNLIMON; UK, WALES, DYFED, SEVERN RIVER;

EID: 0031470710     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-1-3-1997     Document Type: Article

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