Characterization of ground water flow from spring discharge in a crystalline rock environment

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1205-1217

  Gentry, W Miles ^a   Burbey, Thomas J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Ridge Province; Drainage; Electrical resistivity; Fractured rock aquifers; Ground water hydrology; Springs

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DROUGHT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORIFICES; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

FLOW PATHS; HYDROGRAPHS; SPRING DISCHARGES;

GROUNDWATER;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PHREATIC ZONE; SPRING WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044237346     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01580.x     Document Type: Article

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