Hydrostratigraphic analysis of the MADE site with full-resolution GPR and direct-push hydraulic profiling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Dogan, Mine ^a   Van Dam, Remke L ^a   Bohling, Geoffrey C ^b   Butler Jr , James J ^b   Hyndman, David W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DISPERSIONS; HYDRAULICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D GEOMETRY; ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT; AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY; DIRECT-PUSH; DISPERSION MODELS; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; HIGH RESOLUTION; NON-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETERIZING; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; TRANSPORT THEORY;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

DATA SET; DISPERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTASSIUM; RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79952948790     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046439     Document Type: Article

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