Differentiated characterization of karst aquifers: Some contributions

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 41-46

  Geyer, Tobias ^a   Birk, Steffen ^b   Reimann, Thomas ^c   Dörfliger, Nathalie ^d   Sauter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Characterization techniques; Karst hydrogeology; Modeling approaches

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CATCHMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84876420846     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: 18785212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13146-013-0150-9     Document Type: Article

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