Using constant head step tests to determine hydraulic apertures in fractured rock

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 85-99

  Quinn, Patryk M ^a   Parker, Beth L ^a   Cherry, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constant head step test; Cubic law; Darcian flow; Fractured rock; Groundwater velocity; Hydraulic aperture; Non Darcian flow; Packer test; Reynolds number; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

CUBIC LAWS; DARCIAN FLOW; FRACTURED ROCK; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; NON-DARCIAN FLOW; PACKER TEST; REYNOLDS; STEP TEST; TRANSMISSIVITY;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PACKERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROCKS; TESTING; WELL LOGGING;

HYDRAULICS;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; DOLOSTONE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSMISSIVITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; FLOW RATE; FRACTURED ROCK; HYDRAULIC APERTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; VELOCITY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNESIUM; POROSITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 80355141664     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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