Wellbore skin effect in slug-test data analysis for low-permeability geologic materials

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 931-937

  Jeffrey Yang, Y ^a   Gates, Todd M ^a  

^a T M Gates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SILT;

SLUG TESTS; WELLBORE SKIN EFFECT;

WATER WELLS;

EID: 0031271313     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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