A method for evaluating horizontal well pumping tests

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 689-699

  Langseth, David E ^a,b   Smyth, Andrew H ^c   May, James ^d  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b GRADIENT   (United States)

^c TRC Environmental Corporation   (United States)

^d WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PUMPING PLANTS; WATER WELLS;

AQUIFER PARAMETERS; WELL PUMPING;

GROUNDWATER;

CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; PUMPING; TESTING METHOD; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 4444260532     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02723.x     Document Type: Article

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