Multiple well systems with non-darcy flow

Groundwater

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 588-596

  Mijic, Ana ^a   Mathias, Simon A ^b   Laforce, Tara C ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; COMPOSITE RESPONSE; CONFINED AQUIFERS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SOLUTION; FORCHHEIMER EQUATION; MODELING APPROACH; PRESSURE CHANGE; PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); WELL SPACING;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

DARCY LAW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84880134222     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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