Tracer mass recovery in fractured aquifers estimated from multiple well tests

Ground Water

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 564-573

  Sanford, William E ^a   Cook, Peter G ^b   Robinson, Neville I ^c   Weatherill, Douglas ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; FORCED-GRADIENT TRACER TESTS; INJECTED TRACER; MASS RECOVERY;

FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; WELLS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WELL TESTING;

ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLARE VALLEY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745591101     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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