Catchment scale tracer testing from karstic features in a porous limestone

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 31-41

  Maurice, L ^a,b   Atkinson, T C ^b   Williams, A T ^a   Barker, J A ^c   Farrant, A R ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Groundwater protection; Karst; Tracer testing

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT AREA; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHALK; DEGREE OF PROTECTION; DIRECT LINKS; FLOWPATH; GROUND WATER PROTECTION; KARST FEATURES; KARSTIC; KARSTIC AQUIFER; KARSTIFICATION; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SINKING STREAMS; SUB-SURFACES;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; RUNOFF; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TESTING;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CHALK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; LIMESTONE; PERCOLATION; TRACER;

EID: 77954375802     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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