Characterizing hydraulic conductivity with the direct-push permeameter

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-419

  Butler Jr , James J ^a   Dietrich, Peter ^b   Wittig, Volker ^c   Christy, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Geoprobe Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PERMEAMETERS (MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY); TRANSDUCERS;

DIRECT-PUSH PERMEAMETER; HIGH-RESOLUTION INFORMATION; HYDRAULIC TEST; INJECTION RATE; K ESTIMATE; TOOL ADVANCEMENT;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DARCY LAW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEAMETER; TRANSDUCER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 34347236894     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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