A geostatistical framework for incorporating seismic tomography auxiliary data into hydraulic conductivity estimation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 58-74

  Cassiani, Giorgio ^a,b,c   Böhm, Gualtiero ^d   Vesnaver, Aldo ^d   Nicolich, Rinaldo ^c,d  

^a AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co kriging; Cross hole methods; Geostatistics; Ground water; Seismic methods; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CO-KRIGING; CROSS-HOLE METHODS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032051665     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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