Hydrogeological implications of paleo-fluvial architecture for the Paskapoo Formation, SW Alberta, Canada: A stochastic analysis;mplications hydrogéologiques de l'architecture paléo-fluviale de la formation Paskapoo, Sud-Ouest de l'Alberta, Canada : une analyse stochastique

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1375-1390

  Burns, Erick R ^a   Bentley, Laurence R ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^a   Grasby, Stephen E ^b   Hamblin, Anthony P ^b   Smith, Derald G ^a   Wozniak, Paul R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Geostatistics; Groundwater flow; Numerical modeling; Scale effects

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CHANNEL FLOW; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; PALEOCHANNEL; PERMEABILITY; SCALE EFFECT; STOCHASTICITY; UPLIFT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77956242492     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0608-y     Document Type: Article

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