Effects of intraborehole flow on groundwater age distribution

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-643

  Zinn, Brendan A ^a   Konikow, Leonard F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater age; Groundwater flow; Numerical modeling; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 34249992015     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-006-0139-8     Document Type: Article

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