Recharge and preservation of Laurentide glacial melt water in the Canadian shield

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 735-742

  Clark, Ian D ^a   Douglas, Malcolm ^a,b   Raven, Kenneth ^c   Bottomley, Dennis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Applied Petroleum Technology   (United States)

^c Duke Engineering and Services   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SALT WATER INTRUSION;

METEORIC WATER; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SWIFT II;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CRATON; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 0034284497     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb02709.x     Document Type: Article

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