Deterministic and stochastic modeling of aquifer stratigraphy, South Carolina

Ground Water

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 284-295

  Miller, Russell B ^a,b   Castle, James W ^a   Temples, Tom J ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kestrel Management Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CLAY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL HYDROGEOLOGIC MODELING;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034161279     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2000.tb00339.x     Document Type: Article

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