Groundwater sources and geochemical processes in a crystalline fault aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PD, 2014, Pages 3110-3128

  Roques, Clément ^a,c   Aquilina, Luc ^a   Bour, Olivier ^a   Maréchal, Jean Christophe ^b   Dewandel, Benoît ^b   Pauwels, Hélène ^b   Labasque, Thierry ^a   Vergnaud Ayraud, Virginie ^a   Hochreutener, Rebecca ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline aquifers; Fault; Geochemistry; Pumping test; Reactive processes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FAULTING; FLOW RATE; FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MIXING; PUMPS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; DEEP AQUIFER SYSTEMS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PERMEABLE STRUCTURES; PUMPING TESTS; REACTIVE PROCESS; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84918809233     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.052     Document Type: Article

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