Digital modeling of karst aquifers-Successes, failures, and promises

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 404, Issue , 2006, Pages 243-250

  Palmer, Arthur N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Digital modeling; Groundwater hydraulics; Karst; Wells

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAMINAR FLOW; LANDFORMS; WELLS;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DIGITAL MODEL; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS; GROUNDWATER MODELS; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; KARST; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; KARST; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 73949136277     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2404(20)     Document Type: Article

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