Conduit enlargement in an eogenetic karst aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 393, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 143-155

  Moore, Paul J ^a   Martin, Jonathan B ^a   Screaton, Elizabeth J ^a   Neuhoff, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduits; Dissolution; Eogenetic karst; Floridan aquifer; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANES; CONDUIT SYSTEMS; CONDUITS; DISSOLUTION RATES; EOGENETIC KARST; EPIKARST; FLORIDA; FLORIDAN AQUIFER; HIGH FLOW CONDITIONS; HIGH PERMEABILITY; INVERSE MODELING; KARST AQUIFER; LOW FLOW CONDITION; LOW MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MATRIX; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL PROCESS; MINERALIZED WATER; PHREEQC; POROUS ROCKS; SATURATED WATER; TIME-AVERAGED; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUIFERS; FRACTURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LANDFORMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

DISSOLUTION;

AQUIFER; BEDDING PLANE; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RECHARGE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957858222     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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