Transmissivity estimates from well hydrographs in karst and fractured aquifers

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 361-369

  Powers, Jefferey G ^a,b   Shevenell, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; SPRINGS (WATER); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WATER LEVELS; WATER WELLS;

HYDROGRAPHS; KARST AQUIFERS; MATRIX TRANSMISSIVITY; PUMPING TESTS; SLUG TESTS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROGRAPH; KARST; TRANSMISSIVITY; WELL;

UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0034098265     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00221.x     Document Type: Article

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