Multispecies reactive tracer test in an aquifer with spatially variable chemical conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-134

  Davis, J A ^a   Kent, D B ^a   Coston, J A ^a   Hess, K M ^b   Joye, J L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SEWAGE; TRACER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033989090     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900282     Document Type: Article

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