Karstic behaviour of groundwater in the English Chalk

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 63-70

  Maurice, L D ^a   Atkinson, T C ^a   Barker, J A ^a   Bloomfield, J P ^b   Farrant, A R ^b   Williams, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Groundwater; Karst; Tracer testing

Indexed keywords

CHALK; KARSTIC BEHAVIOR; TRACER TESTING;

AQUIFERS; CONFINED FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFERS; CONFINED FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; FISSURE; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; POLLUTANT; TRACER; VOID;

BERKSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAMBOURN RIVER; PANG RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749534671     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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