Saturated-unsaturated flow in a fractured unconfined aquifer
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Saturated-unsaturated flow in a fractured unconfined aquifer
zbMATH Open document ID: 0668.76132
DOI: 10.1007/BF00945006
author: Garry Pantelis
published in: ZAMP. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Saturated-unsaturated flow is investigated in an unconfined aquifer containing a distribution of fractures such that on some macroscopic scale there can be defined a smooth averaged hydraulic conductivity. After constructing the conditions which relate the hydraulic properties between the unsaturated and saturated zones, it is shown that the flow in the unsaturated zone is essentially vertical. Below the water table the macropores are conduits for groundwater and the flow has a large horizontal component. Some important implications on previous models is discussed.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76S05
zbMATH DE Number: 4095123
zbMATH Keywords: Saturated-unsaturated flow
zbMATH Keywords: unconfined aquifer
zbMATH Keywords: smooth averaged hydraulic conductivity
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Saturated-unsaturated flow in unconfined aquifers
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00945006
OpenAlex ID: W1983506053
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4095123