Degassing of deep groundwater in fractured rock around boreholes and drifts

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2477-2492

  Jarsjö, Jerker ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; GAS; GROUND WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROCK; SWEDEN; WATER PRESSURE;

AQUIFER; DISSOLVED GAS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE ANALYSIS; PUMPING;

BOREHOLE; DEGASSING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PUMPING;

EID: 0033855437     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900131     Document Type: Article

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