Estimation of transmissivity and storage coefficient by means of a derivative method using the early-time drawdown

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1679-1686

  Straface, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Groundwater hydraulics; Hydraulic testing; Inverse modeling

Indexed keywords

CONFINED AQUIFER; DRAWDOWN; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; INVERSE PROBLEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 70350406295     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0509-0     Document Type: Article

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