Inferring ground water flow in fractured rock from dissolved radon

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 606-610

  Cook, P G ^a   Love, A J ^b   Dighton, J C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; RADON;

FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; METHODOLOGY; RADON;

AUSTRALIA; CLARE VALLEY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032766731     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01148.x     Document Type: Article

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