River-induced flow dynamics in long-screen wells and impact on aqueous samples

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 515-524

  Vermeul, Vince R ^a   McKinley, James P ^a   Newcomer, Darrell R ^a   Mackley, Robert D ^a   Zachara, J M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SAMPLES; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; CONVENTIONAL MONITORING; DOWNWARD FLOW; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FLOW DYNAMICS; MODELING STUDIES; MONITORING PERIODS; MULTILEVEL WELLS; SAMPLE BIAS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; VERTICAL WELLBORE; WELLBORE FLOW;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONITORING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; RIVERS; URANIUM; WELLS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BOREHOLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; SAMPLING; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOWMETER; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVER; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOWMETERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 79952184478     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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