Hydrogeological parameter estimation using geophysical data: A review of selected techniques

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 3-34

  Hubbard, Susan S ^a   Rubin, Yoram ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical data; Hydrogeological parameter estimation; Subsurface measurements

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROGEOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION;

GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0033848420     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(00)00117-0     Document Type: Article

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