A Spreadsheet Method of Estimating Best-Fit Hydraulic Gradients Using Head Data from Multiple Wells

Ground Water

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 316-320

  Devlin, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SPREADSHEETS; WATER WELLS;

HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; WATER TABLE;

GROUNDWATER;

FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; GROUNDWATER; HEAD (PRESSURE); MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; WATER TABLE; WELL;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PIEZOMETER; WATER TABLE; WELL;

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0042009676     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2003.tb02600.x     Document Type: Article

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