Comparing flux-averaged and resident concentration in a fractured bedrock using ground penetrating radar

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Becker, Matthew W ^a   Tsoflias, Georgios P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; DISPERSIVITY; EFFECTIVE FRACTURE; EXTRACTION WELLS; FIRST-PASSAGE; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FRACTURE APERTURES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; PUMP TESTS; SALINE FLUIDS; SALINE TRACER; TIME MODEL; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT MODELS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTURE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PUMPS; RADAR;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

BEDROCK; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; SANDSTONE; TRACER; TRACKING;

EID: 77957606226     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008260     Document Type: Article

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