Ambient well-bore mixing, aquifer cross-contamination, pumping stress, and water quality from long-screened wells: What is sampled and what is not?;Contamination croisée des aquifères, mélange d'eau au niveau des forages, stress hydrique par pompage et qualité de l'eau de forages crépinés: Qu'est ce qui est échantillonné et qu'est ce qui ne l'est pas?

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 823-837

  Mayo, Alan L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient flow; Cross aquifer contamination; Groundwater monitoring; USA; Well purging

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DISSOLVED MATTER; DRAWDOWN; HYDRAULIC HEAD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952796940     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0568-2     Document Type: Article

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