Comparison of aquifer characterization approaches through steady state groundwater model validation: A controlled laboratory sandbox study

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Illman, Walter A ^a   Zhu, Junfeng ^b   Craig, Andrew J ^c   Yin, Danting ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d San Antonio TX 78260 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; FLOW-THROUGH TESTS; FLOWTHROUGH; FORCING FUNCTION; FORWARD SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER MODELING; GROUNDWATER MODELS; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; K DISTRIBUTION; KRIGING; PERMEAMETERS; PUMPING TESTS; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TEST DATA;

AQUIFERS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PUMPS; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; DRAWDOWN; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KRIGING; LABORATORY METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77951051963     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007745     Document Type: Article

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