Hydraulic conductivities of low permeability sediments inferred from a triple pumping test and observed vertical gradients

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-88

  Lebbe, Luc ^a,b   Van Meir, Nathalie ^b  

^a Fund of Scientific Research   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INVERSE NUMERICAL MODELS; MULTIPLE PUMPING TESTS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 0033988789     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00204.x     Document Type: Article

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