Single-well dipole flow tests: Parameter estimation and field testing

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-62

  Hvilshoj S ^a,b   Jensen, K H ^a   Madsen, B ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER WELLS;

INVERSE NUMERICAL MULTILAYER MODELS; SINGLE-WELL DIPOLE METHODS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER;

EID: 0033987394     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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