Quantitative comparison of impeller-flowmeter and particle-size-distribution techniques for the characterization of hydraulic conductivity variability

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-612

  Barahona Palomo, Marco ^a,c   Riva, Monica ^b   Sanchez Vila, Xavier ^c   Vazquez Sune, Enric ^a   Guadagnini, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Borehole flowmeter; Geostatistics; Grain size analysis; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic properties

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VARIOGRAM;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; TUBINGEN;

EID: 79953243632     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0706-5     Document Type: Article

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