Improving dual-porosity-medium approaches to account for karstic flow in a fractured limestone: Application to the automatic inversion of hydraulic interference tests (Hydrogeological Experimental Site, HES - Poitiers - France)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 347, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 391-403

  Kaczmaryk, Anne ^a   Delay, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Inverse problems; Karstic flow; Modified dual porosity medium; Pumping tests

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIMESTONE;

KARSTIC FLOW; MODIFIED DUAL-POROSITY-MEDIUM; PUMPING TESTS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIMESTONE; POROUS MATERIALS;

AQUIFER; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULICS; INVERSE PROBLEM; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; POROSITY; RESERVOIR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; POITIERS; POITOU-CHARENTES; VIENNE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36249027109     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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