A groundwater tracing investigation as an aid of locating groundwater monitoring stations on the Mitchell Plain of southern Indiana

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 842-851

  Zhou, Wanfang ^a   Beck, Barry F ^a   Pettit, Arthur J ^a   Stephenson, Brad J ^b  

^a PE LaMoreaux & Associates Inc Tuscaloosa   (United States)

^b Geraghty and Miller Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye tracing; Groundwater monitoring; Karst

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DYES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND FILL; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPRINGS (WATER);

SINKHOLES;

GROUNDWATER;

DYE TRACER; GROUNDWATER; KARST; KARST HYDROLOGY; LANDFILL; MONITORING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036523919     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-001-0464-0     Document Type: Article

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