Geostatistical estimation of the transmissivity in a highly fractured metamorphic and crystalline aquifer (Man-Danane Region, Western Ivory Coast)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 325, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 164-178

  Razack, Moumtaz ^a   Lasm, Théophile ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

cokriging; Cross validation; Fractured aquifer; Ivory Coast; Kriging; Specific capacity; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCKS;

COKRIGING; CROSS VALIDATION; FRACTURED AQUIFER; IVORY COAST; KRIGING; SPECIFIC CAPACITY; TRANSMISSIVITY;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCKS;

AQUIFER; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOSTATISTICS; METAMORPHIC ROCK; TRANSMISSIVITY;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33744911083     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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