A methodology for regionalizing 3-D effective porosity at watershed scale in crystalline aquifers

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2277-2295

  Dewandel, Benoît ^a   Caballero, Yvan ^a   Perrin, Jérôme ^a   Boisson, Alexandre ^a   Dazin, Fabrice ^b   Ferrant, Sylvain ^c   Chandra, Subash ^d   Maréchal, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b SIRS   (France)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

crystalline aquifer; effective porosity; hard rock aquifer; regionalization of aquifer parameters; upscaling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAPPING; POROSITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

AQUIFER PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; GEOSTATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HARD-ROCK AQUIFERS; UPSCALING; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; POROSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED; WEATHERING PROFILE;

INDIA;

EID: 85018722904     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11187     Document Type: Article

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