Hydraulic transience and the role of bedding fractures in a bedrock aquitard, southeastern Wisconsin, USA

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Eaton, Timothy T ^a   Bradbury, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquitard; Confining unit dolomitic shale; Hydrogeology; Maquoketa Formation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ROCKS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SHALE;

HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; AQUIFER PROPERTIES; AQUITARDS; CONFINING UNIT; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL MODEL; MAQUOKETA FORMATION; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; AQUIFERS;

AQUITARD; DRAWDOWN; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0346911853     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017913     Document Type: Article

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