Hydrogeological behaviour of some fault zones in a carbonate aquifer of Southern Italy: An experimentally based model

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 308-313

  Celico, Fulvio ^a   Petrella, Emma ^a   Celico, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT ZONE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748847106     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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