Estimating aquifer properties from the water level response to earth tides

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 600-610

  Cutillo, Paula A ^a   Bredehoeft, John D ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Hydrodynamics Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MATERIALS; AQUIFER PROPERTIES; CARBONATE AQUIFER; EARTH TIDE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; LOW POROSITY; PASSIVE MONITORING; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

ESTIMATION; TIDE GAGES; TIDES; WATER LEVELS;

AQUIFERS;

CONFINED AQUIFER; EARTH TIDE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; POROSITY; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER LEVEL;

ELASTICITY; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; REVIEW; TSUNAMI; WATER FLOW; WEATHER;

ELASTICITY; GEOLOGY; POROSITY; TIDAL WAVES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WEATHER;

EID: 79959524460     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00778.x     Document Type: Review

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