DEVELOPMENT OF A GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MODEL FOR THE YORKSHIRE CHALK

Authors
SALMON S CHADHA D SMITH D
Citation
S. Salmon et al., DEVELOPMENT OF A GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MODEL FOR THE YORKSHIRE CHALK, Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, 10(6), 1996, pp. 413-422
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Limnology,"Water Resources","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management → ACNP
ISSN journal
13604015
Volume
10
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
413 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
1360-4015(1996)10:6<413:DOAGRM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This paper (a) aims to demonstrate the basic principles of groundwater resource model development by means of an example, and (b) describes the development of the Yorkshire Chalk groundwater model (YORKMOD), un dertaken on behalf of the National Rivers Authority dagger and Yorkshi re Water Services, The model incorporates a permeability-depth functio n to represent fissuring in the Chalk, and has been successfully calib rated against observed groundwater heads and springflows for the perio d 1975-1992 inclusive.