Testing the in-well horizontal laminar flow assumption with a sand-tank well model

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 73-81

  Britt, Sanford L ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ProHydro Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HYDRAULICS; IMPURITIES; LAMINAR FLOW; SAND; WATER TANKS;

FILTER PACK; HORIZONTAL FLOW; MODEL APPROXIMATES; SAND-TANK WELLS;

WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER; LAMINAR FLOW; MONITORING TECHNIQUE; WELL TESTING;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; MONITORING; WELL TESTING;

EID: 29144508509     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2005.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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