A note on a method for measuring the transport properties of a formation using a single well

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1351-1356

  Novakowski, K S ^a   Lapcevic, P A ^a   Voralek, J W ^a   Sudicky, E A ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; MONITORING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL DRILLING; POROSITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ADVECTION DISPERSIONS; CONSOLIDATED MATERIALS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; HORIZONTAL FRACTURES; SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS; TRACER CONCENTRATION;

WELLS;

EID: 0031982398     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR00292     Document Type: Article

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