Comparison of three geostatistical methods for hydrofacies simulation: A test on alluvial sediments

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-311

  dell'Arciprete, Diana ^a   Bersezio, Riccardo ^a   Felletti, Fabrizio ^a   Giudici, Mauro ^a   Comunian, Alessandro ^b   Renard, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alluvial sediments; Aquifer characterization; Geostatistics; Heterogeneity; Hydrofacies

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 84857378347     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0808-0     Document Type: Article

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