Improving the quality of parameter estimates obtained from slug tests

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 480-490

  Butler Jr , James J ^b   McElwee, Carl D ^b   Liu, Wenzhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; GROUNDWATER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE; WELL TESTING;

DATA ACQUISITION EQUIPMENT; INITIAL DISPLACEMENTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SLUG; SLUG TESTS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0030150480     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb02029.x     Document Type: Article

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