Detailed hydraulic head profiles as essential data for defining hydrogeologic units in layered fractured sedimentary rock

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-44

  Meyer, Jessica R ^a   Parker, Beth L ^a,b   Cherry, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture; Hydraulic head; Hydrogeologic unit; Profile; Sedimentary rock

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WELL LOGGING;

AQUITARDS; CONVENTIONAL SENSES; DISCRETE; DOLOSTONE; GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; HEAD LOSSES; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROGEOLOGIC UNIT; MULTILEVEL SYSTEMS; PERMEABILITY LAYERS; PROFILE; SILTSTONE; WISCONSIN;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BEDROCK; BOREHOLE; DOLOSTONE; FRACTURE ZONE; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHALE; SILTSTONE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 54049092005     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1137-4     Document Type: Article

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