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dc.contributor.authorBohling, Geoffrey C.
dc.contributor.authorZhan, Xiaoyong
dc.contributor.authorButler, James J., Jr.
dc.contributor.authorZheng, Li
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-20T23:17:35Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T23:17:35Z
dc.date.issued2002-12-31
dc.identifier.citationBohling, Geoffrey C., Xiaoyong Zhan, James J. Butler, and Li Zheng. "Steady Shape Analysis of Tomographic Pumping Tests for Characterization of Aquifer Heterogeneities." Water Resources Research Water Resour. Res. 38.12 (2002): n. pag. DOI:10.1029/2001WR001176en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/18975
dc.descriptionThis is the published version. Copyright American Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.description.abstract[1] Hydraulic tomography, a procedure involving the performance of a suite of pumping tests in a tomographic format, provides information about variations in hydraulic conductivity at a level of detail not obtainable with traditional well tests. However, analysis of transient data from such a suite of pumping tests represents a substantial computational burden. Although steady state responses can be analyzed to reduce this computational burden significantly, the time required to reach steady state will often be too long for practical applications of the tomography concept. In addition, uncertainty regarding the mechanisms driving the system to steady state can propagate to adversely impact the resulting hydraulic conductivity estimates. These disadvantages of a steady state analysis can be overcome by exploiting the simplifications possible under the steady shape flow regime. At steady shape conditions, drawdown varies with time but the hydraulic gradient does not. Thus transient data can be analyzed with the computational efficiency of a steady state model. In this study, we demonstrate the value of the steady shape concept for inversion of hydraulic tomography data and investigate its robustness with respect to improperly specified boundary conditions.en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.titleSteady shape analysis of tomographic pumping tests for characterization of aquifer heterogeneitiesen_US
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorButler, James J. Jr
kusw.kudepartmentKansas Geological Surveyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2001WR001176
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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