Field-scale migration of colloidal tracers in a fractured shale saprolite

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 139-147

  McKay, L D ^a   Sanford, W E ^b   Strong, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER WELLS;

COLLOIDAL TRACERS; SHALE SAPROLITES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

COLLOID; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SAPROLITE; TRACER;

EID: 0033989395     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00211.x     Document Type: Article

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