Support volume and scale effect in hydraulic conductivity: Experimental aspects

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 348, Issue , 2000, Pages 215-231

  Zlotnik, Vitaly A ^a   Zurbuchen, Brian R ^a   Ptak, Thomas ^b   Teutsch, Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; TESTING;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS; EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC TESTING; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MULTI-TECHNIQUE APPROACH; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; CARBONATE ROCK; CONSOLIDATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SAND AND GRAVEL; SCALE EFFECT;

GERMANY; NECKAR RIVER;

EID: 84870984201     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2348-5.215     Document Type: Article

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