A lumped-parameter model of groundwater influx to a mine adit in mountainous terrain

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 38-1-38-11

  Desbarats, A J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrograph analysis; Tunnel inflow; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY;

HYDRAULIC GRADIENT;

GROUNDWATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

MYRA;

EID: 0036880281     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr001058     Document Type: Article

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