Asymptotic analysis of three-dimensional pressure interference tests: A point source solution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Illman, Walter A ^a,c   Tartakovsky, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DATA REDUCTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RELIABILITY; TRANSIENTS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; INJECTION TESTS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE TRANSIENTS;

WELL TESTING;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; AQUIFER; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER;

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE FIELD; WELL TESTING;

EID: 14944377678     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003431     Document Type: Article

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