Multiple tracing experiments in unsaturated fractured clayey till

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 634-644

  Mortensen, Annette P ^a,c   Jensen, Karsten H ^a,c   Nilsson, Bertel ^b   Juhler, René K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; COLLOIDAL TRACERS; CURRENT MONITORING; FLUOROBENZOIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; STEADY-STATE FLOWS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 15744387588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.2.634     Document Type: Article

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