Equivalent transmissivity of heterogeneous leaky aquifers for steady state radial flow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Copty, Nadim K ^a   Sarioglu, Murat Savas ^a   Findikakis, Angelos N ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEADY FLOW;

EQUIVALENT TRANSMISSIVITY; PUMPED AQUIFERS; STEADY STATE RADIAL FLOW; WEIGHING FUNCTIONS;

FLOW OF WATER;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEADY FLOW;

AQUIFER; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; RADIAL FLOW; STEADY FLOW; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 33744780451     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004673     Document Type: Article

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