Aquifer heterogeneity determination through the slope method

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1788-1795

  Şen, Zekai ^a,b   Wagdani, Essam ^a  

^a SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aquifer test; Arid region; Heterogeneity; Saudi Arabia; Slope method; Storativity; Transmissivity; Wadi

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TESTING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ALLUVIUM DEPOSITS; AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY; AQUIFER TESTS; CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES; FIELD TESTING; FLASH FLOODING; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; SLOPE METHOD; TRANSMISSIVITY; WELL LOCATIONS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ARID REGION; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SLOPE; WATER STORAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 47249136513     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6737     Document Type: Article

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