Assessment of the use of fluorescent tracers in a contaminated Chalk aquifer

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-206

  Bottrell, S H ^a   Thornton, S F ^b   Spence, M J ^b   Allshorn, S ^a   Spence, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; AQUIFER MATERIALS; CONTAMINANT PLUME; DETECTION LIMITS; FIELD TEST; FLUORESCENT TRACERS; FUEL SPILLS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MATRIX DIFFUSION; NATURAL GRADIENT; PARALLEL LABORATORY; TRACER TESTS; TRACER VELOCITY; TRANSPORT VELOCITY;

ACIDS; AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMPURITIES; MICROBIOLOGY; SODIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; PLUME; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; WELL WATER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956020505     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-020     Document Type: Article

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