Combined use of flowmeter and time-drawdown data to estimate hydraulic conductivities in layered aquifer systems

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-94

  Hanson, R T ^a   Nishikawa, Tracy ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 0002348889     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb01868.x     Document Type: Article

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