Change in field turbidity and trace element concentrations during well purging

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 577-588

  Gibs, Jacob ^a   Szabo, Zoltan ^a   Ivahnenko, Tamara ^a   Wilde, Franceska D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PH; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER WELLS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; WHOLE WATER RECOVERABLE CONCENTRATION;

PURGING;

FIELD METHOD; HYDROCHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; TURBIDITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WELL;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034237825     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00250.x     Document Type: Article

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