High-resolution saturated hydraulic conductivity logging of borehole cores using air permeability measurements;Log haute-résolution de la conductivité hydraulique à saturation de carottes de forage par mesure de la perméabilité à l'air

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1345-1358

  Rogiers, B ^a,b   Winters, P ^b   Huysmans, M ^b,c   Beerten, K ^a   Mallants, D ^d   Gedeon, M ^a   Batelaan, O ^b,c,e   Dassargues, A ^f  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Cross validation; Geostatistics; Hydraulic properties; Neogene aquifer

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; AQUIFER; BOREHOLE LOGGING; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NEOGENE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

BELGIUM; CAMPINE BASIN;

EID: 84906506970     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-014-1144-y     Document Type: Article

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