Aquifer hydraulic conductivity estimation from surface geoelectrical measurements for Krauthausen test site, Germany

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-315

  Niwas, Sri ^a   Tezkan, B ^b   Israil, Mohd ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct and inverse relationship; Geophysical methods; Germany; Groundwater management; Hydraulic conductivity estimation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GERMANY; KRAUTHAUSEN; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 79952060167     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0689-7     Document Type: Article

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