Comparison of borehole flow measurements obtained by heat pulse flowmeter and dilution logging in a fractured bedrock aquifer

Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 50-63

  Paillet, Frederick ^a   Williams, John ^b   Romanowicz, Edwin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; DILUTION; FLOWMETERS; GEOPHYSICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPS; WELL LOGGING;

DILUTION METHOD; FLOW BASED; FLUID COLUMNS; FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFER; HIGH RESOLUTION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; PUMPING CONDITION; PUMPING RATE;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84867259392     PISSN: 15548015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4133/1.3445476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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