Barometric water-level fluctuations and their measurement using vented and non-vented pressure transducers

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-250

  Price, M ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DIFFUSIVITIES; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; STORAGE COEFFICIENT; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER TABLES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS;

AQUIFERS;

ARTESIAN WELL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETRY; CONFINED AQUIFER; DIFFUSIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRAULICS; TRANSDUCER; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 67749145280     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-084     Document Type: Article

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