Groundwater cooling of a large building using a shallow alluvial aquifer in Central London

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-202

  Birks, D ^a,b   Whittall, S ^c   Savill, I ^d   Younger, P L ^e   Parkin, G ^b  

^a PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLEYPARSONS   (United Kingdom)

^d Max Fordham LLP   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; HEAT REJECTION; HEATING AND COOLING; LARGE BUILDINGS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; OVEREXPLOITATION; SHALLOWER AQUIFERS; VARIABLE SATURATION;

AQUIFERS; COOLING; GRAVEL; HEAT SINKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; RIVERS; WASTE HEAT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CAP ROCK; COOLING; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; PUMPING; RECHARGE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883793539     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2012-059     Document Type: Article

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