Estimation of regional-scale groundwater flow properties in the Bengal Basin of India and Bangladesh

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1329-1346

  Michael, Holly A ^a,b   Voss, Clifford I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Geostatistics; India; Inverse modeling; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW CONTROL; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED FLOW;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 69149095927     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0443-1     Document Type: Article

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