Field Study of Hydrogeologic Characterization Methods in a Heterogeneous Aquifer

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-382

  Alexander, Matthew ^a   Berg, Steven J ^a   Illman, Walter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD STUDIES; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROGEOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION; MULTI-CHANNEL TUBING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERMEAMETER TEST; PERMEAMETERS; PUMPING TESTS; PUMPING WELL; SLUG TEST; SQUARE PATTERNS; TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER FLOW; UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS;

AQUIFERS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PUMPS; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELLS;

SOIL TESTING;

FRESH WATER;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DRAWDOWN; FLOW MODELING; GEOSTATISTICS; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEAMETER; PREDICTION; PUMPING; SLUG TEST; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER CYCLE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 79955128685     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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