Geostatistical inversion of cross-hole pumping tests for identifying preferential flow channels within a shear zone

Ground Water

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-17

  Meier, Peter M ^a,b   Medina, Agustin ^a   Carrera, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DATA REDUCTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

CROSS-HOLE PUMPING TESTS; GEOSTATISTICAL INVERSIONS; SUBVERTICAL SHEAR ZONES;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW;

GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0035115376     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2001.tb00346.x     Document Type: Article

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