Aquifer characterization and parameter heterogeneity estimation with a coupled zonation-geostatistical method and natural neighbors

Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmetal Resources Congress: Critical Transitions in Water and Environmetal Resources Management

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3711-3720

  Tsai, Frank T C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER HEADS; NATURAL NEIGHBORS; PARAMETERIZATION; VORONOID TESSELLATION (VT);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOLOGY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AQUIFERS;

EID: 23844554210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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