Asymptotic analysis of cross-hole hydraulic tests in fractured granite

Ground Water

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-563

  Illman, Walter A ^a,b   Tartakovsky, Daniel M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-HOLE HYDRAULIC TESTS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; MONITORING INTERVALS; PUMPING;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONDITION MONITORING; FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HYDRAULICS;

SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHREATIC ZONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENGINEERING; FLOW KINETICS; GRANITE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENGINEERING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33745596584     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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