Process length scales and longitudinal damping in karst conduits

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Covington, M D ^a   Luhmann, A J ^b   Wicks, C M ^c   Saar, M O ^b  

^a KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DAMPING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; KARST; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIMESCALE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84858829761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002212     Document Type: Article

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