Hydraulics of horizontal wells in fractured shallow aquifer systems

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 147-158

  Park, Eungyu ^a,c   Zhan, Hongbin ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractured aquifer; Horizontal well; Leaky confined aquifer; Skin effect; Water table; Wellbore storage

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; POROSITY;

WATER TABLE;

HYDROLOGY;

AQUIFER; DRAWDOWN; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HEAD (PRESSURE); POROUS MEDIUM;

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; DRAWDOWN; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; POROUS MEDIUM; WATER TABLE;

EID: 0142022671     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00206-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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