Estimation of aquifer hydraulic parameters from surficial geophysical methods: A case study of Keritis Basin in Chania (Crete - Greece)

Pantelis M. Soupios; Maria Kouli; Filippos Vallianatos; Antonis Vafidis; George Stavroulakis

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.02.028

Estimation of aquifer hydraulic parameters from surficial geophysical methods: A case study of Keritis Basin in Chania (Crete - Greece)

Pantelis M. Soupios^*, Maria Kouli, Filippos Vallianatos, Antonis Vafidis, George Stavroulakis

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Abstract

Knowledge of aquifer parameters is essential for the management of groundwater resources. Conventionally, these parameters are estimated through pumping tests carried out on water wells. Few boreholes may be available and carrying out pumping tests at a number of sites may be costly and time consuming. The application of geophysical methods in combination with pumping tests provides a cost-effective and efficient alternative to estimate aquifer parameters. A geophysical method is used to obtain aquifer characteristics that are estimated through the pumping tests. A correlation is established between these parameters at other sites where pumping has not been carried out. In this way, the entire investigation area could be covered to characterize an aquifer system. This study has been carried out in the Keritis basin in Chania, Crete - Greece, where the aquifer characteristics are required for the management of groundwater in the region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	122-131
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Hydrology
Volume	338
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.02.028
State	Published - 15 May 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to two anonymous reviewers and Professor M. Sophocleous for their valuable comments. We are also grateful to Dr. Vargemezis and Dr. Stampolidis for kindly commenting our work. Financial support for this project was provided from the Operational Program for Education and Initial Vocational Training of the Ministry of Education of Greece and the European Union in the framework of the projects, Archimedes I: “Support of Research Teams of Technological Educational Institute of Crete”, sub-project 2.6.6 – MIS86455 entitled “Application of modern techniques in landfills” and Archimedes II: “Support of Research Teams of Technological Educational Institute of Crete”, entitled “Multiparametric identification system development for the origin of water resources in karstic basins : Application in the Keritis river basin (Natura 2000-Chania)”.

Keywords

Formation factor
Geophysical methods
Groundwater management
Hydraulic properties
Hydraulic testing

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