Interference pumping tests in a fractured limestone (Poitiers - France): Inversion of data by means of dual-medium approaches

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 133-146

  Kaczmaryk, Anne ^a   Delay, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Dual medium model; Fractured reservoir; Inverse problems; Pumping tests; Scale effects

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DUAL-MEDIUM MODEL; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; PUMPING TESTS; SCALE EFFECTS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

FRACTALS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DATA INVERSION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIMESTONE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PUMPING; RESERVOIR; SCALE EFFECT; SLUG TEST; TESTING METHOD; WATER FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; POITIERS; POITOU-CHARENTES; VIENNE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947705252     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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