The role of some regional factors in the assessment of well yields from hard-rock aquifers of Fennoscandia

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 628-645

  Henriksen, Helge ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crystalline rocks; Fennoscandia; Geographic information systems; Groundwater flow; Groundwater statistics

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER RESOURCE; WELL;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 0942302167     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-003-0277-1     Document Type: Article

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