Monitoring wells in clay: The apparently static water level and its influence during variable-head permeability tests

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 663-678

  Chapuis, Robert P ^a   Duhaime, François ^a   Benabdallah, El Mehdi ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay; Hydraulic conductivity; Monitoring well; Permeability test; Time lag

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; WATER LEVELS;

HYDRAULIC HEADS; MONITORING WELLS; NATURAL VARIATION; PERMEABILITY TEST; PIEZOMETRIC LEVELS; STATIC WATER LEVEL; TIME LAG; UNDRAINED;

WELLS;

CLAY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERMEABILITY; PIEZOMETER; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 84869156620     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-012-0433-8     Document Type: Article

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