An inverse method for soil permeability estimation from gas pump tests

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 751-763

  Chen, Xunhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas flow; Least squares analysis; Sensitivity coefficients; Soil permeability

Indexed keywords

GAS WELL; PERMEABILITY; SOIL GAS; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 0032880363     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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