Numerical Modeling of Slug Tests with MODFLOW Using Equivalent Well Blocks

Groundwater

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 158-163

  Yang, Lichao ^a   Wang, Xu Sheng ^b   Jiao, Jimmy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS;

AQUIFER-AQUITARD SYSTEM; AQUITARDS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; MULTI WELLS; PARTIALLY PENETRATING WELLS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WELL BLOCKS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUIFER; AQUITARD; BENCHMARKING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PENETRATION; SLUG TEST; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WELL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

GROUND WATER;

CHINA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84924953174     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12181     Document Type: Article

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