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Rates of vertical groundwater movement estimated from the Earth's thermal profile
Author(s) -
Bredehoeft J. D.,
Papaopulos I. S.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr001i002p00325
Subject(s) - groundwater , isotropy , homogeneous , groundwater flow , geology , thermal , groundwater model , heat flow , earth (classical element) , groundwater flow equation , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , soil science , hydrology (agriculture) , aquifer , meteorology , thermodynamics , mathematics , geography , mathematical physics , physics , quantum mechanics
An analytical solution is developed describing vertical steady flow of groundwater and heat through an isotropic, homogeneous, and fully saturated semiconfining layer. A type‐curve method for estimating groundwater velocities from temperature data is presented.