Sedimentary and diagenetic environments of the Wildmoor Sandstone Formation (UK): Implications for groundwater and contaminant transport, and sand production

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 263, Issue , 2006, Pages 129-153

  Bouch, Jon E ^a   Hough, Ed ^a   Kemp, Simon J ^a   McKervey, John A ^a   Williams, Geoffrey M ^a   Greswell, Richard B ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SANDSTONE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750372777     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.263.01.07     Document Type: Article

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