Recovery of injected freshwater to differentiate fracture flow in a low-permeability brackish aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 273-282

  Miotliński, Konrad ^a   Dillon, Peter J ^a   Pavelic, Paul ^b   Cook, Peter G ^a,c   Page, Declan W ^a   Levett, Kerry ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifer storage and recovery; Managed aquifer recharge; Recovery efficiency; Single well injection withdrawal tests

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER RECHARGE; AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY; BRACKISH WATER; DEGREE OF MIXING; DISCRETE FRACTURES; DISPERSIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOWMETER; FINITE ELEMENT; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED ROCK; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INJECTED WATER; LOW PERMEABILITY; PUMPING TESTS; RADON-222; RECOVERABILITY; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; RECOVERY TEST; SECONDARY POROSITY; SINGLE WELL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL;

AQUIFERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOWMETERS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; RECOVERY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER INJECTION; WATER LEVELS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BRACKISH WATER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOWMETER; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PUMPING; RADON ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; RECOVERY; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VOLUME;

EID: 80054080821     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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