Factors influencing well productivity in glaciated metamorphic rocks

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-97

  Mabee, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

FRACTURE-CORRELATED LINEAMENTS;

WATER WELLS;

METAMORPHIC ROCK; TRANSMISSIVITY; WELL;

EID: 0032918567     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb00961.x     Document Type: Article

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