Estimation of transmissivity and hydraulic conductivity from specific capacity and specific capacity index in dolomite aquifers

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 817-823

  Verbovšek, Timotej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Boreholes; Carbonate rocks; Groundwater; Hydrologic properties; Slovenia; Statistics; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELASTIC MODULI; ESTIMATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SILICON; TESTING;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; AQUIFER PROPERTIES; BOREHOLES; CARBONATE ROCKS; CORRELATION CO-EFFICIENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES; LOGARITHMIC TRANSFORMATIONS; NORMALITY TESTING; PUMPING TESTS; SLOVENIA; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES; STATISTICS; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CORRELATION METHODS;

AQUIFER; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PUMPING; WATER RESOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 50049115279     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:9(817)     Document Type: Article

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