On the relation between steep monoclinal flexure zones and steep hydraulic gradients

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 616-626

  Yechieli, Y ^a   Kafri, U ^a   Wollman, S ^a   Lyakhovsky, V ^a   Weinberger, R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MECHANICAL MODELING; MONOCLINAL FLEXURE ZONES; STEEP HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ANISOTROPY; FAULT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONOCLINE; PERMEABILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34548139300     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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