Cross-well slug testing in unconfined aquifers: A case study from the Sleepers River Watershed, Vermont

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 438-447

  Belitz, Kenneth ^a,b   Dripps, Weston ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

BOREHOLE SKIN; CROSS-WELL SLUG TESTING;

AQUIFERS;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SLUG TEST; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WELL;

SLEEPERS RIVER WATERSHED; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 0032926092     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01123.x     Document Type: Article

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