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Table 1:
Characteristics of the techniques used for the interpretation of hydraulic tests on the
Maheswaram experimental catchment (Southern India) (from Maréchal et al., 2006).
U/C
1
T/S
2
Parameters obtained
Hydraulic
Interpretation method
test
Slug test
Solution for unconfined aquifers
U
T
Local permeability
Injection test
Usual Dupuit (1848, 1863) solution
U
S
Permeability
Permeability and density of CFZ
3
Flowmeter test
Usual Dupuit (1848, 1863) solution
U
S
for confined aquifers corrected
for unconfined aquifers
Pumping test
Double porosity
C
T
Bulk permeability and storage of
(Warren and Root, 1963)
blocks and fractures
Pumping test
Anisotropy (Neuman, 1975)
U
T
Permeability and storage, degree
of permeability anisotropy
Pumping test
Single fracture (Gringarten, 1974)
C
T
Radius of fractures
Pumping test
Fractional dimension flow
C
T
Flow dimension, generalized
(Barker, 1988)
transmissivity and storage
1.
Hypothesis on aquifer property in the analytical solution (u: unconfined, c: confined)
2.
Analytical solution type (t: transient, s: steady-state)
3.
CFZ: conductive fracture zones
