The occurrence of groundwater in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of upland Central Wales

A series of boreholes of up to 50 m depth, drilled into Lower Palaeozoic mudstone, shale and greywacke bedrock in the headwater catchment areas of the River Severn at Plynlimon in Central Wales, shows an extensive chemically- and hydrologically-active shallow groundwater fracture flow system. Ground...

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Main Authors: C. Neal, A. J. Robson, P. Shand, W. M. Edmunds, A. J. Dixon, D. K. Buckley, S. Hill, M. Harrow, M. Neal, J. Wilkinson, B. Reynolds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1997-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/1/3/1997/hess-1-3-1997.pdf