Estimating hydraulic conductivity from specific capacity for Hawaii aquifers, USA

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 969-979

  Rotzoll, Kolja ^a   El Kadi, Aly I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical relationship; Geostatistics; Hawaii, USA; Hydraulic properties; Volcanic island aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CORRELATION; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAP GENERALIZATION; VOLCANIC ISLAND; WELL WATER;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48449096553     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0271-0     Document Type: Article

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