Parameter estimation using groundwater age and head data, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 637-645

  Portniaguine, O ^a   Solomon, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PARAMETERIZATION; GROUNDWATER AGE;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; USA;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER THICKNESS; GROUNDWATER AGES; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; INVERSION PROCEDURE; MONITORING WELLS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 0031898640     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03361     Document Type: Article

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