Estimating flow using tracers and hydraulics in synthetic heterogeneous aquifers

Ground Water

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 786-796

  Larocque, Marie ^a   Cook, Peter G ^b   Haaken, Klaus ^c   Simmons, Craig T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION-TIME; CORRELATION LENGTHS; DARCY'S LAW; DECAY RATE; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; LONG DURATION; NON-LINEARITY; ON FLOW; PUMPING TESTS; RADIUS OF INFLUENCES; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; RESIDENCE TIME; SAMPLING VOLUME;

AQUIFERS; DECAY (ORGANIC); FLOW OF WATER; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PUMPS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; DARCY LAW; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NONLINEARITY; PUMPING; RESIDENCE TIME; TRACER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WATER FLOW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HALF-LIFE; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 70350153054     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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