Steady-state hydraulic tomography in a laboratory aquifer with deterministic heterogeneity: Multi-method and multiscale validation of hydraulic conductivity tomograms

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 341, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 222-234

  Illman, Walter A ^a,b,c   Liu, Xiaoyi ^a   Craig, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delineation of subsurface heterogeneity; Hydraulic tomography; Inverse modeling; Model validation; Pneumatic tomography; Scale effect

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STEADY FLOW;

HYDRAULIC TOMOGRAPHY; INVERSE MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PNEUMATIC TOMOGRAPHY; SCALE EFFECT;

WATER RESOURCES;

ALGORITHMS; AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STEADY FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

AQUACULTURE METHOD; AQUIFER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL VALIDATION; SCALE EFFECT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447106252     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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