The AEM and regional carbonate aquifer modeling

Ground Water

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-34

  Johnson, Cady ^a   Mifflin, Martin ^a  

^a Mifflin and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; ROCKS; SPRINGS (WATER);

ANALYTIC ELEMENT METHOD (AEM); CARBONATE ROCKS; FLOW FIELDS;

AQUIFERS;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AQUIFER; CARBONATE ROCK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIBRATION; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEVADA; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 31544440157     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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