A potential-based inversion of unconfined steady-state hydraulic tomography

Ground Water

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-270

  Cardiff, M ^a   Barrash, W ^b   Kitanidis, P K ^a   Malama, B ^b   Revil, A ^c   Straface, S ^d   Rizzo, E ^e  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PARAMETERS; BOISE HYDROGEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH SITES; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORTS; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; FIELD DATUM; FORWARD MODELS; GEOLOGIC FEATURES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INVERSE MODELING; MATHEMATICAL THEORIES; NEAR FIELDS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES; PROBLEM DOMAINS; PUMPING TESTS; RESOURCE EVALUATIONS; STEADY STATE; TEST CONDITIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC DATUM; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS; WELL TESTS;

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PUMPS; TOMOGRAPHY; WELL TESTING;

TESTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PUMPING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 60749137693     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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