Detecting a hydraulic short circuit along a monitoring well with the recovery curve of a pumping test in a confined aquifer: Method and example

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 790-800

  Chapuis, Robert P ^a,b   Chenaf, Djaouida ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monitoring well; Pumping; Quality control; Recovery; Storativity; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE; SEEPAGE; WELLS;

MONITORING WELL; PUMPING; STORATIVITY; TRANSMISSIVITY;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; MONITORING SYSTEM; SEEPAGE; WELL TESTING;

EID: 0032194210     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-046     Document Type: Article

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