Vadose zone fluid flow estimates calculated from temperature measurements taken in the southern Albuquerque Basin at Tome, New Mexico

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Reiter, Marshall ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; OSMOSIS; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HORIZONTAL FLOW; SATURATED ZONE; VADOSE ZONE; VERTICAL FLOW;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; OSMOSIS; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33646501221     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004456     Document Type: Article

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