Semi-analytical solution for flow in leaky unconfined aquifer-aquitard systems

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 346, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 59-68

  Malama, Bwalya ^a   Kuhlman, Kristopher L ^b   Barrash, Warren ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquitard; Laplace Hankel transform; Leakage; Numerical inverse; Unconfined aquifer

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; LAPLACE HANKEL TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL INVERSE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUITARD; DRAWDOWN; LEAKAGE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 35148864838     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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