Simulation assessment of the direct-push permeameter for characterizing vertical variations in hydraulic conductivity

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Gaisheng ^a   Bohling, Geoffrey C ^a   Butler Jr , James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS;

BOREHOLE TECHNIQUES; STEADY-SHAPE CONDITIONS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS;

BOREHOLE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; SIMULATION;

EID: 41149095883     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006078     Document Type: Article

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