Particle-tracking analysis of contributing areas of public-supply wells in simple and complex flow systems, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Water Supply Paper 2434
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Steady-state, two- and three-dimensional, ground-water-flow models coupled with particle tracking were evaluated to determine their effectiveness in delineating contributing areas of wells pumping from stratified-drift aquifers of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Several contributing areas delineated by use of the three-dimensional models do not conform to simple ellipsoidal shapes that are typically delineated by use of two-dimensional analytical and numerical modeling techniques and included discontinuous areas of the water table.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Particle-tracking analysis of contributing areas of public-supply wells in simple and complex flow systems, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Series title Water Supply Paper
Series number 2434
DOI 10.3133/wsp2434
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Year Published 1997
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey ; For sale by the U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services,
Description vi, 66 p. :ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;28 cm.
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