The geochemistry and mixing of leakage in a semi-confined aquifer at a municipal well field, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1043-1063

  Larsen, Daniel ^a   Gentry, Randall W ^b   Solomon, D K ^c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES;

SEMI-CONFINED AQUIFERS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CONFINED AQUIFER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAKAGE; MIXING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038057616     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00204-4     Document Type: Article

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