Seepage face height, water table position, and well efficiency at steady state

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-177

  Chenaf, Djaouida ^a   Chapuis, Robert P ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AQUIFERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEEPAGE;

SEEPAGE FACE HEIGHTS; STEADY STATE; WATER TABLE POSITION; WELL EFFICIENCY;

WATER WELLS;

WATER;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; SEEPAGE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER TABLE; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE;

WATER;

EID: 33847378456     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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