Three-dimensional transient hydraulic tomography in a highly heterogeneous glaciofluvial aquifer-aquitard system

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER-AQUITARD SYSTEM; FIELD SCALE; GAIN INSIGHT; LEVEL OF DETAIL; ONTARIO , CANADA; PUMPING TESTS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STOCHASTIC INVERSE MODELING; TRANSIENT HYDRAULICS; UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO;

AQUIFERS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PUMPS; STRATIGRAPHY; TESTING; TOMOGRAPHY;

HYDRAULICS;

GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PUMPING; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 80054018944     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010616     Document Type: Article

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