Pathogen and chemical transport in the karst limestone of the Biscayne aquifer: 1. Revised conceptualization of groundwater flow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Renken, Robert A ^a   Cunningham, Kevin J ^a   Shapiro, Allen M ^a   Harvey, Ronald W ^a   Zygnerski, Michael R ^a   Metge, David W ^a   Wacker, Michael A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; MINE TRANSPORTATION; MINING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL LOGGING; POROSITY; POTABLE WATER; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SURFACE WATERS; TESTING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WELLS;

AQUIFER TESTS; BIOGENIC ORIGINS; BREAK-THROUGH CURVES; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DISPERSIVITY; DRINKING WATER; DUAL-POROSITY; EOGENETIC KARST; FLOW PATHS; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; HYDRAULIC RESPONSES; HYDROGEOLOGIC CONCEPTUAL MODEL; MATRIX PORE; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PRODUCTION WELLS; PUBLIC SUPPLY WELLS; SOUTH FLORIDA; TEMPERATURE LOGGING; TRACER TESTING; TRAVEL DISTANCES; VOID SPACES; WATER BODIES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; KARST; LIMESTONE; MINING; PATHOGEN; WELL;

BISCAYNE AQUIFER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53949102900     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006058     Document Type: Article

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