A field assessment of the value of steady shape hydraulic tomography for characterization of aquifer heterogeneities

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Bohling, Geoffrey C ^a   Butler Jr , James J ^a   Zhan, Xiaoyong ^a,b   Knoll, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

HYDRAULIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; FIELD SURVEY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STEADY FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34347245964     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004932     Document Type: Article

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