Analysis of hydraulic and tracer response tests within moderately fractured rock based on a transition probability geostatistical approach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Park, Y J ^a   Sudicky, E A ^a   McLaren, R G ^a   Sykes, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractured crystalline rock; Inversion; Modeling; Tracer tests; Transition probability geostatistics

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MARKOV PROCESSES; POROSITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROCKS;

DISCRETE PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE; FRACTURED ROCKS; TRACER RESPONSE TESTS; TRANSITION PROBABILITY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

EID: 12544253864     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003188     Document Type: Article

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