A method to estimate hydraulic conductivity from bulk geochemical compositions

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1029-1041

  Lu, Hsueh Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk geochemical composition; Hydraulic conductivity; Normative mineralogical composition; X ray fluorescence analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AQUIFERS; COMPACTION; FLUORESCENCE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BULK GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NORMATIVE MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINERALOGY; PUMPING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 33846050953     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0372-4     Document Type: Article

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