Structural domains and their potential impact on recharge to intermontane-basin aquifers

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-71

  Ohlmacher, Gregory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogeology; Infiltration; Recharge; Rock Mechanics; Structural Geology

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FRACTURE FLOW; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

EL PASO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033102638     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.v.1.61     Document Type: Article

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