Aquifer structure and contamination risk in lava flows: Insights from Iceland and Australia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 852-865

  Kiernan, K ^a   Wood, C ^b   Middleton, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conduit aquifer; Fissured aquifer; Groundwater; Lava tubes; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENTS;

LAVA EMPLACEMENT MECHANISMS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFLATION; LAVA FLOW;

EID: 0038177964     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0707-8     Document Type: Article

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