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Delay et al. 2004
Delay, F., Porel, G. and Bernard, S. (2004). Analytical 2D model to invert hydraulic pumping tests in fractured rocks with fractal behavior. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020500. issn: 0094-8276.

A solution to interference pumping tests in fractal fractured media of Euclidean dimension two has been developed. It is proposed in dimensioned variables with a pre-conditioning of its most sensitive parameter and a Gauss-Newton inversion. The method allows for a rapid identification of hydrodynamic parameters by fitting experimental data. The fractal dimension and the scale exponent of the hydraulic diffusion are also determined without any other calculation or reference to a theoretical medium. Thus, the results provide a reliable appraisal of how the hydrodynamic parameters evolve with the size of the system. This feature has important applications in hydrology and petroleum engineering especially when up-scaling approaches are needed.

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Keywords
Hydrology, Groundwater hydrology, Mathematical Geophysics, Modeling, Mathematical Geophysics, Inverse theory
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Geophysical Research Letters
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