Geostatistical analysis of regional hydraulic conductivity variations in the Snake River Plain aquifer, eastern Idaho

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 855-868

  Welhan, J A ^a   Reed, M F ^a,b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bald Mountain Mine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFERS; BASALT; LITHOLOGY; RIVERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; CONDUCTIVITY VARIATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; HIGH HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; MAXIMUM CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL CORRELATION STRUCTURES; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; ANISOTROPY; BASALT; BOREHOLE; GEOSTATISTICS; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAVA FLOW; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; AQUIFER; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CORRELATION;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030715707     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0855:GAORHC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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