Field characterization and data integration to define the hydraulic heterogeneity of a shallow granular aquifer at a sub-watershed scale

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1325-1348

  Paradis, Daniel ^a,b   Tremblay, Laurie ^b   Lefebvre, René ^b   Gloaguen, Erwan ^b   Rivera, Alfonso ^a   Parent, Michel ^a   Ballard, Jean Marc ^b   Michaud, Yves ^a   Brunet, Patrick ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquifer characterization; Data integration; Direct push; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic properties; Hydrofacies; Hydrogeophysics; Relevance vector machine (RVM)

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DATA INTEGRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DIRECT-PUSH; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROFACIES; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; RELEVANCE VECTOR MACHINE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONE PENETRATION TEST; FIELD SURVEY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; LEACHATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; VECTOR;

EID: 84901546027     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3318-2     Document Type: Article

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