Effects of hydraulic conductivity heterogeneity on vadose zone response to pumping in an unconfined aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 90-104

  Bunn, Melissa I ^a   Jones, Jon P ^a   Endres, Anthony L ^a   Rudolph, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Numerical simulation; Pumping tests; Unconfined aquifer; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PUMPING TESTS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; VADOSE ZONE;

AQUIFERS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL TESTS; WATER LEVELS;

PUMPS;

DATA SET; FIELDWORK; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NEUTRON PROBE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 78549258446     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.036     Document Type: Article

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