Multi-level slug tests in highly permeable formations: 1. Modification of the Springer-Gelhar (SG) model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 271-282

  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; Modeling; Slug test

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER LEVELS; WATER WELLS;

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

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0032579304     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00128-5     Document Type: Article

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