Well testing in fractured media: Flow dimensions and diagnostics plots;Essais de puits dans les milieux fracturés: dimensions d'écoulement et relevés de diagnostic

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 42, Issue EXTRA ISSUE, 2004, Pages 69-76

  Beauheim, Richard L ^a   Roberts, Randall M ^a   Avis, John D ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Engineering Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic plots; Flow dimensions; Fractured media; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic tests

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER WELLS;

FLOW DIMENSIONS; PRESSURE TESTS;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULICS; PUMPING;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PUMPING;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 16544395403     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221680409500049     Document Type: Article

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