Well hydraulics theory and data analysis of the constant head test in an unconfined aquifer with the skin effect

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Chia Shyun ^a   Chang, Chien Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constant head pumping; Field data analysis; Laplace domain solutions; Unconfined aquifers

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DATA REDUCTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; RADIAL FLOW; SKIN EFFECT;

CONSTANT-RATE TEST (CRT); HYDRAULICS THEORY;

AQUIFERS;

ABSTRACTION; AQUIFER; DRAWDOWN; GROUNDWATER; WATER TABLE;

DRAWDOWN; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER TABLE;

EID: 1542541477     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001516     Document Type: Article

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