Temporal and spatial scaling of hydraulic response to recharge in fractured aquifers: Insights from a frequency domain analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3007-3023

  Jiménez Martínez, Joaquín ^a   Longuevergne, Laurent ^a   Le Borgne, Tanguy ^a   Davy, Philippe ^a   Russian, Anna ^b   Bour, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

aquifer recharge mechanisms; connectivity; fractured aquifers; frequency domain; scale effects

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FRACTURE; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AQUIFER RECHARGE; CONNECTIVITY; FRACTURED AQUIFER; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; SCALE EFFECTS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; RECHARGE; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 84879907842     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20260     Document Type: Article

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