Detecting and Quantifying Leakage Through Defective Borehole Seals: A New Methodology and Laboratory Verification

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Chesnaux, R ^a,b   Chapuis, R P ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aquitard; confined aquifer; cross contamination; groundwater protection; hydraulic short circuit; laboratory experiments; tracer tests

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LABORATORIES; PUMPS; TIMING CIRCUITS; AQUIFERS; HYDRAULICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SEALS;

AQUITARDS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; CROSS CONTAMINATION; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; HYDRAULIC SHORT-CIRCUIT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEAKAGE RATES; PUMPING RATE; SANDBOX EXPERIMENTS; TRACER TESTS;

AQUIFERS; LEAK DETECTION;

AQUITARD; CONFINED AQUIFER; CROSS CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER PROTECTION; HYDRAULIC SHORT-CIRCUIT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 33846890678     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ100500     Document Type: Article

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