Calibration of regional groundwater flow models: Working toward a better understanding of site-specific systems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Castro, Maria Clara ^a   Goblet, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Groundwater residence time; Helium 4; Model validation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELS; HYDRAULIC HEADS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CALIBRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL VALIDATION; RESIDENCE TIME;

CARRIZO;

EID: 1542533048     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001653     Document Type: Article

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