Field determination of the hydraulic properties of leaky multiple aquifer systems

A new field method is proposed for determining the hydraulic properties of aquifers and aquitards in leaky systems. Conventional methods of analyzing leaky aquifers usually rely on drawdown data from the pumped aquifer alone. Such an approach is not sufficient to characterize a leaky system; our new...

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Published in:Water resources research 1972-10, Vol.8 (5), p.1284-1298
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