A closed form slug test theory for high permeability aquifers

Ground Water

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-101

  Ostendorf, David W ^a   DeGroot, Don J ^a   Dunaj, Philip J ^a   Jakubowski, Joseph ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; TRANSDUCERS;

DAMPING FREQUENCY; SLUG TEST THEORY; TURBULENT CASING SHEAR STRESS;

AQUIFERS;

FRICTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SLUG TEST;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 15844414934     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.tb02288.x     Document Type: Article

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