Relating small-scale sedimentary structures and permeability in a cross-bedded aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Huysmans, Marijke ^a   Peeters, Luk ^a   Moermans, Gert ^a   Dassargues, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Belgium; Geological heterogeneity; Geostatistics; Sedimentary structures

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARITY; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIQUIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLIDS;

BELGIUM; BRUSSELS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITY; GEOSTATISTICAL; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; LITHOFACIES; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; SAND DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; SPATIAL ANALYSES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF;

AIR PERMEABILITY;

AIR PERMEABILITY; ANISOTROPY; AQUIFER; EOCENE; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LITHOFACIES; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 52949087548     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.047     Document Type: Article

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