Ambient vertical flow in long-screen wells: A case study in the Fontainebleau Sands Aquifer (France)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 425-431

  Corcho Alvarado, Jose Antonio ^a,b   Barbecot, F ^b   Purtschert, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental tracers; France; Groundwater age; Long screen well; Tritium

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARTESIAN WELL; DETECTION METHOD; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TRACER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FONTAINEBLEAU; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; SEINE ET MARNE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61349121509     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0383-1     Document Type: Article

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