Structural controls on groundwater flow in the Permo-Triassic sandstones of NW England

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 263, Issue , 2006, Pages 169-185

  Seymour, Keith J ^a   Ingram, John A ^a   Gebbett, Simon J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FAULT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANDSTONE;

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

EID: 33750292528     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.263.01.09     Document Type: Article

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