A portable borehole extensometer and tiltmeter for characterizing aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7900-7910

  Hisz, David B ^a   Murdoch, Lawrence C ^a   Germanovich, Leonid N ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BOREHOLE EXTENSOMETER; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; SEQUENTIAL TESTS; TOTAL PRESSURE; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WATER PRESSURES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; DILATOMETERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; TIDE GAGES; TIDES; WATER LEVELS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BOREHOLE; DISPLACEMENT; EARTH TIDE; EQUIPMENT; GNEISS; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 84896699282     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20500     Document Type: Article

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