Multi-level slug tests in highly permeable formations: 2. Hydraulic conductivity identification, method verification, and field applications

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 283-296

  Zlotnik, Vitaly A ^a   McGuire, Virginia L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydrogeology; Instruments; Model; Slug test

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; WATER WELLS;

DOUBLE PACKER SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTI LEVEL SLUG TESTS; SPRINGER GELHAR MODEL;

HYDROLOGY;

AQUIFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SLUG TEST;

EID: 0032579299     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00127-3     Document Type: Article

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