Single-hole GPR reflection imaging of solute transport in a granitic aquifer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Dorn, Caroline ^a   Linde, Niklas ^a   Le Borgne, Tanguy ^b   Bour, Olivier ^b   Baron, Ludovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR REFLECTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

APERTURE FRACTURES; FLOW PATH; FRACTURED ROCK; GPR REFLECTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; NATURAL FLOW; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SALINE TRACER; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TRACER TESTS; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PUMPING; REFLECTANCE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; VOLUME;

EID: 79955045657     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047152     Document Type: Article

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