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Horizontally Heterogeneous Aquifers

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A confined isotropic aquifer comprises two or more horizontally adjacent zones with different hydraulic properties. The aquifer is of constant thickness. The pumping and observation wells are fully penetrating.

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Sindalovskiy, L.N. (2017). Horizontally Heterogeneous Aquifers. In: Aquifer Test Solutions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43409-4_4

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