Predictive modelling of hydraulic head responses to dipole flow experiments in a fractured/karstified limestone aquifer: Insights from a comparison of five modelling approaches to real-field experiments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-100

  Bodin, Jacques ^a   Ackerer, Philippe ^b   Boisson, Alexandre ^c   Bourbiaux, Bernard ^d   Bruel, Dominique ^e   de Dreuzy, Jean Raynald ^c   Delay, Frederick ^b   Porel, Gilles ^a   Pourpak, Hamid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^e CENTRE DE GÉOSCIENCES   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonate aquifer; Comparison of modelling approaches; Dipole flow experiments; Predictive modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE AQUIFER; COMPARISON OF MODELLING APPROACHES; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; DATA SETS; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; DIPOLE FLOW; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; MODEL PREDICTION; OBSERVATION WELLS; POROUS MEDIUM; POSTERIORI; PREDICTIVE MODELLING; PRIMARY SOURCES; PUMPING TEST DATA;

EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; POROUS MATERIALS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; DRAWDOWN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; WELL WATER;

FRANCE; POITIERS; POITOU-CHARENTES; VIENNE;

EID: 84863882371     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.069     Document Type: Article

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