Combined fluid temperature and flow logging for the characterization of hydraulic structure in a fractured karst aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 400, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 377-386

  Chatelier, Marion ^a   Ruelleu, Sébastien ^b   Bour, Olivier ^b   Porel, Gilles ^a   Delay, Frederick ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Channeled flow; Flow structure; Groundwater signature; Preferential connections; Temperature anomaly; Vertical percolations

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT FLOW; CHANNELED FLOW; COMBINED WATER; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; DISCHARGE RATES; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FLOW SYSTEMS; FLUID TEMPERATURES; FORCED FLOWS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; KARST AQUIFER; LOCAL EFFECTS; LOCAL FLOWS; LOW RATES; PREFERENTIAL CONNECTIONS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VERTICAL PERCOLATIONS; WATER BEARING; WATER COLUMNS; WATER RESOURCES EXPLOITATION; WELL BORE;

AQUIFERS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PUMPS; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL LOGGING; WELLS;

WATER WELL LOGGING;

AQUIFER; CHANNEL FLOW; CONVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERCEPTION; KARST; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VOLUME; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952815779     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.051     Document Type: Article

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