The usefulness of CPTs for deterministic, spatially heterogeneous, large-scale aquitard parameterisation

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 355, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-47

  Rogiers, B ^a,b   Mallants, D ^c   Batelaan, O ^b,d   Gedeon, M ^a   Huysmans, M ^b   Dassargues, A ^b,e  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cone penetration tests; Cone resistance; Friction ratio; Geostatistics; Groundwater modelling; Hydraulic conductivity; Inverse optimisation; Model performance; Soil behaviour types; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

CONE PENETRATION TESTS; CONE RESISTANCE; FRICTION RATIO; GEO-STATISTICS; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMISATIONS; SOIL BEHAVIOUR; UPSCALING;

CLAY PRODUCTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFERS;

AQUITARD; CLAY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONE PENETRATION TEST; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLOW MODELING; FRICTION; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MECHANICS; UPSCALING;

EID: 84877625680     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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