Hydrogeological aspects of fault zones on various scales in the Roer Valley Rift System

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 78-79, Issue , 2003, Pages 317-320

  Bense, Victor ^a   Van Balen, Ronald ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Faults; Groundwater flow; The netherlands; Unconsolidated sediments

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIGNITE MINES; NETHERLANDS; SEDIMENTS;

FAULT ZONES; LIGNITE MINING; PEEL BOUNDARY FAULT; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OUTCROP; RIFT ZONE; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; RUR VALLEY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4544249569     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00031-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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