Representative hydraulic conductivity of hydrogeologic units: Insights from an experimental stratigraphy

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 339, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-78

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Person, Mark ^b   Gable, Carl W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective conductivity; Equivalent conductivity; Experimental stratigraphy; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic conductivity; Scale effect; Stochastic theory

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTATION;

EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIVALENT CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; SCALE EFFECT; STOCHASTIC THEORY;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTATION;

ANISOTROPY; BASIN ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SCALE EFFECT; STOCHASTICITY; STRATIGRAPHY; UPSCALING;

EID: 34248574604     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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