Improved piezometer construction and sampling techniques to determine pore water chemistry in aquitards

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 564-571

  Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a   Hendry, M Jim ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUITARD; POREWATER; SAMPLING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032780880     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01143.x     Document Type: Article

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