Dipole probe: Design and field applications of a single-borehole device for measurements of vertical variations of hydraulic conductivity

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 884-893

  Zlotnik, Vitaly A ^a   Zurbuchen, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PACKERS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; WATER WELLS; WELL DRILLING;

DIPOLE FLOW TESTS (DFT); DIPOLE PROBES (DP);

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE; ELECTRICAL METHOD; FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032211906     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb02095.x     Document Type: Article

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