Estimating transmissivity using empirical and geostatistical methods in the volcanic aquifers of Upper Awash Basin, central Ethiopia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1791-1802

  Baye, Andarge Yitbarek ^a   Razack, Moumtaz ^b   Ayenew, Tenalem ^c   Zemedagegnehu, Engida ^d  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources Operations   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Water Works Design and Supervision Enterprise   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Kriging; Lognormal; Specific capacity; Transmissivity; Upper Awash

Indexed keywords

GEO-STATISTICS; KRIGING; LOG-NORMAL; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES; TRANSMISSIVITY; UPPER AWASH;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANOES; WATER WELLS;

ESTIMATION;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KRIGING; TRANSMISSIVITY; VARIOGRAM; WELL WATER;

AWASH BASIN; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84879787101     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2011-6     Document Type: Article

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