Insights from numerical modeling on the hydrodynamics of non-radial flow in faulted media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1170-1179

  Rafini, Silvain ^a   Larocque, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Faults; Flow; Groundwater; Numerical modeling; Pump test

Indexed keywords

CROSS FLOWS; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DISCONTINUUM; EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACES; FAULTS; FLOW; FRACTIONAL FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODELING; PUMP TEST; TRANSIENT FLOW;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PUMPS; RADIAL FLOW; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE DIFFUSION; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIAL FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 67650394039     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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