Monitoring deformation from hydrologic processes in a karst aquifer using long-baseline tiltmeters

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Jacob, Thomas ^a,b   Chéry, Jean ^a   Boudin, Férdric ^a   Bayer, Roger ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PARAMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; GROUND SURFACES; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; KARST AQUIFER; KARST CAVE; KARST SYSTEM; LOCAL DYNAMICS; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELING; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; RECHARGE AREA; STRATEGIC LOCATIONS; TILT DEFORMATION; TIME CONSTANTS; WATER INFILTRATION; WATER PRESSURES; WATER STORAGE;

AQUIFERS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; FRACTURE;

LANDFORMS;

AQUIFER; CAVE; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFILTRATION; KARST HYDROLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RECHARGE; TILT; WATER STORAGE;

FRANCE; LARZAC PLATEAU;

EID: 77957724534     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008082     Document Type: Article

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