Estimating specific yield and transmissivity with magnetic resonance sounding in an unconfined sandstone aquifer (Niger)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1805-1815

  Boucher, M ^a,b   Favreau, Guillaume ^c,d   Vouillamoz, J M ^e   Nazoumou, Y ^d   Legchenko, A ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR HydroSciences ^*  (Niger)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Hydraulic properties; Magnetic resonance sounding (MRS); Niger; Pumping test; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PUMPING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 69249127272     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0447-x     Document Type: Article

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