Unusual drawdown curves for a pumping test in an unconfined aquifer at Lachenaie, Quebec: Field data and numerical modeling

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1133-1144

  Chapuis, Robert P ^a   Chenaf, Djaouida ^b   Acevedo, Nelson ^a   Marcotte, Denis ^a   Chouteau, Michel ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drawdown; Numerical modeling; Permeability; Pumping; Unconfined aquifer

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

NUMERICAL MODELING; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; UNUSUAL DRAWDOWN CURVES;

AQUIFERS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 27144492068     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t05-046     Document Type: Article

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