On the meaning of the transmissivity values obtained from recovery tests

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 833-842

  Willmann, Matthias ^a   Carrera, J ^a   Sanchez Vila X ^a   Vazquez Sune E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Hydraulic testing; Recovery tests; Scale effects

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULICS; SCALE EFFECT; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 34547111309     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-006-0147-8     Document Type: Article

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