Utility of bromide and heat tracers for aquifer characterization affected by highly transient flow conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ma, Rui ^a   Zheng, Chunmiao ^b,c   Zachara, John M ^d   Tonkin, Matthew ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SS Papadopulos and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; ARRIVAL TIME; CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DYNAMIC NATURE; FIELD RESEARCH; FLOW MODEL; FLUID DENSITIES; FLUID INJECTIONS; HANFORD; HEAT TRANSPORT; HEAT TRANSPORT MODEL; OBSERVATION WELLS; SOLUTE TRACERS; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE DEPTH PROFILES; TEMPERATURE PEAKS; THERMAL DISPERSION; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRACER TESTS; TRANSIENT FLOW CONDITIONS; TRANSPORT MODELS; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WASHINGTON;

AQUIFERS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CALIBRATION; CHARACTERIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFER; BROMIDE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; FLOW MODELING; HEAT BALANCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84865982613     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011281     Document Type: Article

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