Sequential aquifer tests at a well field, Montalto Uffugo Scalo, Italy

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Straface, S ^a   Yeh, T C J ^b,c   Zhu, J ^b   Troisi, S ^a   Lee, C H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER WELLS;

HYDRAULIC TOMOGRAPHY; HYDROGRAPHS; TRANSMISSIVITY ESTIMATES;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER WELLS;

AQUIFER; HYDROGRAPH; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER LEVEL;

CALABRIA; COSENZA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MONTALTO UFFUGO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36649035741     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005287     Document Type: Article

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