Hydraulic Tomography and High-Resolution Slug Testing to Determine Hydraulic Conductivity Distributions

Abstract

Since spatial changes in hydraulic conductivity are a major factor governing the transport and fate of a pollutant as it moves through an aquifer, we focus on the development of new innovative methods to delineate these spatial changes. The objective of the research proposed here is to build on our previous work to develop and improve field techniques for better definition of the three-dimensional spatial distribution of hydraulic conductivity by using hydraulic tomography coupled with high-resolution slug testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA544869

Entities

People

  • Brett R. Engard
  • Brian J. Wachter
  • Carl D. Mcelwee
  • J. F. Devlin
  • John H. Healey
  • Shane A. Lyle

Organizations

  • University of Kansas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Pressure
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Conductivity
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Geometry
  • Groundwater
  • High Resolution
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.