Heterogeneity patterns of Quaternary glaciofluvial gravel bodies (SW-Germany): Application to hydrogeology

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Heinz, Jürgen ^a   Kleineidam, Sybille ^a   Teutsch, Georg ^a   Aigner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coarse grained braided river deposits; Hydraulic parameterization; Hydrofacies; Lithofacies

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BRAIDED RIVER; FLUID FLOW; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOFACIES; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

(SOUTHWEST); GERMANY;

EID: 0038476983     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00239-7     Document Type: Article

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