Detection of free vertical convection and double-diffusion in groundwater monitoring wells with geophysical borehole measurements

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1547-1566

  Berthold, Susann ^a   Börner, Frank ^a  

^a GFI Grundwasserforschungsinstitut GmbH Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double diffusion; Free vertical convection; Geophysical borehole measurements; Groundwater monitoring wells; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOREHOLES; DIFFUSION; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

DOUBLE-DIFFUSION; FREE VERTICAL CONVECTION; GEOPHYSICAL BOREHOLE MEASUREMENTS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS;

OIL WELLS;

ALGORITHM; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; CONVECTION; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IN SITU TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER COLUMN; WELL;

EID: 43549114538     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0936-y     Document Type: Article

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