Hydrological parameter estimations from a conservative tracer test with variable-density effects at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Dafflon, B ^a,b   Barrash, W ^a   Cardiff, M ^a   Johnson, T C ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOISE HYDROGEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH SITES; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PRIOR INFORMATION; SMALL SIZE; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AQUIFERS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOLAR MASS; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84055197855     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010789     Document Type: Article

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