Rapid transport from the surface to wells in fractured rock: A unique infiltration tracer experiment

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 29-38

  Levison, Jana K ^a   Novakowski, Kent S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian shield; Contaminant transport; Fractured rock aquifer; Infiltration tracer experiment; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; CANADIAN SHIELDS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFER; FRACTURED ROCK; FRACTURED ROCK AQUIFERS; GRANITIC GNEISS; GROUND SURFACES; HYDROGEOSPHERE; LAND SURFACE; MONITORING WELLS; NUMERICAL MODELING; ONTARIO , CANADA; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; TRACER EXPERIMENT;

AQUIFERS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WELLS;

INFILTRATION;

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; DYE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

DRINKING WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONTARIO; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER WELLS;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PERTH [ONTARIO];

EID: 84856769396     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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