Calcrete as a source of heterogeneity in Triassic fluvial sandstone aquifers (Otter Sandstone Formation, SW England)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 263, Issue , 2006, Pages 119-127

  Newell, Andrew J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CALCRETE; CONGLOMERATE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

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

CARNIVORA;

EID: 33750312833     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.263.01.06     Document Type: Article

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