Interpreting Variable-head Tests Performed in Open Boreholes or Monitoring Wells with Several Screens

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 467-473

  Chapuis, Robert P ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

field test; hydraulic conductivity; monitoring well; open borehole; variable head

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; WATER LEVELS; AQUIFERS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCKS; SCREENS (SIZING); SEEPAGE;

CONDITION; FIELD TEST; FRACTURED ROCK; HYDRAULIC HEADS; MEAN VALUES; MONITORING WELLS; OPEN BOREHOLE; PERMEABILITY TEST; STATIC WATER LEVEL; VARIABLE-HEAD;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES;

FIELD TESTS; MONITORING WELLS; OPEN BOREHOLES;

EID: 33845419005     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ12730     Document Type: Article

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