Using mise-à-la-masse to delineate the migration of a conductive tracer in partially saturated basalt

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-87

  Nimmer, Robin E ^a   Osiensky, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Fractured rock; Mise la masse; Preferential flow paths; Tracer test; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642281960     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0984.2002.92005.x     Document Type: Article

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