Characterizing a faulted aquifer by field testing and numerical simulation

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 718-728

  Allen, Diana M ^a   Michel, Frederick A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA;

AQUIFER; FAULT; GROUNDWATER;

CANADA; ONTARIO; OTTAWA;

EID: 0032853992     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01164.x     Document Type: Article

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