Hydraulic head in a clayey sand till over multiple timescales

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-105

  Ostendorf, David W ^a   DeGroot, Don J ^a   Shelburne, Wayne M ^a   Mitchell, Travis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Drumlins; Hydraulics; Macroporosity; Permeability; Piezometer; Till

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; TRANSDUCERS;

CLAYEY SAND; HYDRAULIC HEAD;

SAND;

AQUIFER; DRUMLIN; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC HEAD; TILL;

EID: 1842634943     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-074     Document Type: Article

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