Flow and transport in the unsaturated Sherwood Sandstone: Characterization using cross-borehole geophysical methods

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 263, Issue , 2006, Pages 219-231

  Winship, Peter ^a   Binley, Andrew ^a   Gomez, Diego ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; POREWATER; RADAR; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE; WETTING FRONT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 33750286682     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.263.01.12     Document Type: Article

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