Capture zones for passive wells in heterogeneous unconfined aquifers

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-98

  Cole, Bryce E ^a   Silliman, Stephen E ^b  

^a Walla Walla College   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CORRELATION METHODS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FIELDS; PASSIVE WELLS; PERCENTILE CAPTURE CONTOUR (PCC); WELL CAPTURE ZONES;

WATER WELLS;

EID: 0030767982     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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