The effects of geological heterogeneities and piezometric fluctuations on groundwater flow and chemistry in a hard-rock aquifer, southern India

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1189-1201

  Perrin, Jerome ^a   Ahmed, Shakeel ^b   Hunkeler, Daniel ^c  

^a Indo French Centre for Groundwater Research   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Crystalline rocks; Discontinuity; Heterogeneity; India

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTAINMENT; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DISCHARGE; DISCONTINUITY; FRACTURE NETWORK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HARD ROCK; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIEZOMETER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TABLE; WELL WATER;

INDIA;

EID: 80052349906     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0745-y     Document Type: Article

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