Multiscale aquitard hydraulic conductivity characterisation and inclusion in groundwater flow models: Application to the Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales

2018
Chris Turnadge, Lionel Esteban, Irina Emelyanova, David Nguyen , Marina Pervukhina, Tongcheng Han, Dirk Mallants

This report was commissioned by the Department of the Environment and was prepared by CSIRO.

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This report provides an overview of a workflow that can be used to derive hydraulic conductivities and how these can be up-scaled into a regional groundwater flow model. The study developed a workflow to combine existing geophysical wireline logs and laboratory measurements of porosity and permeability. The workflow was applied to produce continuous porosity and permeability profiles for key aquitards in the Gunnedah Basin case-study area.

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