Design of a light-oil piezomanometer for measurement of hydraulic head differences and collection of groundwater samples

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Kennedy, Casey D ^a   Genereux, David P ^a   Corbett, D Reide ^b   Mitasova, Helena ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); GROUNDWATER; MANOMETERS; SURFACE WATERS;

GROUNDWATER LINE; PIEZOMANOMETERS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); GROUNDWATER; MANOMETERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR BUBBLE; DESIGN; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC HEAD; PIEZOMETER; SAMPLING; SHALLOW WATER; STREAM BED; SURFACE WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

RUMEX;

EID: 35848960791     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR005904     Document Type: Article

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