Focused packer testing using geophysical tomography and CCTV in a fissured aquifer

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-183

  Brown, David ^a,b   Slater, Lee D ^a,c  

^a Inst Environ Nat Sci   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractures; Geophysics; Hydraulic conductivity; Pump tests; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; ELECTRICAL METHOD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGING METHOD; PERMEABILITY; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 0033495209     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1999.032.P2.07     Document Type: Article

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