A field assessment of high-resolution aquifer characterization based on hydraulic travel time and hydraulic attenuation tomography

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Brauchler, R ^a,b   Hu, R ^a   Dietrich, P ^c   Sauter, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; ATTENUATION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CROSS-WELL; DIFFUSIVITIES; EIKONAL EQUATION; FIELD ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; GRAVEL AQUIFERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; INJECTION PORTS; INTERFERENCE TESTS; PACKER SYSTEM; PRESSURE PROPAGATION; RIVER VALLEY; THREE DIMENSIONS; TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRAVEL TIME; TYPE CURVE ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; TOMOGRAPHY;

HYDRAULICS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DATABASE; FIELDWORK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SLUG FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; VALLEY; WATER STORAGE; WELL WATER;

GERMANY; LEINE VALLEY; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 79952220715     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009635     Document Type: Article

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