Identifying connections in a fractured rock aquifer using ADFTs

Ground Water

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-335

  Halihan, Todd ^a   Love, Andrew ^b   Sharp Jr , John M ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation South Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER; ROCKS;

ASYMMETRIC DIPOLE-FLOW TESTS (ADFT); FRACTURE ZONES; PIEZOMETERS; ROCK AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS;

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROGEOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; GEOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 18944383870     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.0029.x     Document Type: Article

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