Absolute hydraulic conductivity estimates from aquifer pumping and tracer tests in a stratified aquifer

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-97

  Thorbjarnarson, K W ^a   Huntley, D ^a   McCarty, J J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DYES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IODINE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MONITORING; SAND; WATER WELLS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE MODFLOW; STEADY STATE FLOW; TRACER TESTING;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STEADY STATE FLOW; STRATIFIED AQUIFER; TRACER; WELL;

EID: 0031906078     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb01068.x     Document Type: Article

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