Error and technique in fluorescent dye tracing

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 144, 2005, Pages 500-509

  Smart, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETERS; HYDROGEOLOGY;

DYE TRACING; FILTER FLUOROMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENT DYES;

DYES;

EID: 27844493651     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40796(177)53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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