The dipole-flow test with a tracer: A new single-borehole tracer test for aquifer characterization

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-101

  Sutton, D J ^a   Kabala, Z J ^a   Schaad, D E ^a,b   Ruud, N C ^a,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b University of California Davis ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer characterization; DFT; DFTT; Rhodamine WT; Single borehole tracer test

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RHODAMINE; TRACER;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BOREHOLE; TRACER;

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034046835     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(00)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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