Cross-borehole slug test analysis in a fractured limestone aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 348, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 510-523

  Audouin, Olivier ^a   Bodin, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Cross borehole; Fractional flow; Fractured aquifer; Inertial effects; Slug test

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

CROSS-BOREHOLE; FRACTIONAL FLOW; FRACTURED AQUIFER; INERTIAL EFFECTS; SLUG TEST;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

ALGORITHM; AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; DATA INTERPRETATION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INERTIA; LIMESTONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUG TEST;

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

EID: 36849046185     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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