Measuring groundwater storage change in an unconfined alluvial aquifer using temporal gravity surveys

19th Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP 2006: Geophysical Applications for Environmental and Engineering Hazzards - Advances and Constraints

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 796-806

  Gehman, Carter ^a   Harry, Dennis ^a   Sanford, William ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAKES; PONDS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WELL PUMPS; WELL SPACING;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; TEMPORAL GRAVITY; WATER TABLE DRAWDOWN; WATER TABLE ELEVATION; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 84866046861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4133/1.2923720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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