Hydrostratigraphic characterization of intergranular and secondary porosity in part of the Cambrian sandstone aquifer system of the cratonic interior of North America: Improving predictability of hydrogeologic properties

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 281-304

  Runkel, Anthony C ^a   Tipping, Robert G ^a   Alexander Jr , E Calvin ^b   Alexander, Scott C ^b  

^a Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding plane fractures; Dual porosity; Groundwater; Hydraulic conductivity; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 31344441401     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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