Transmissivity Distribution in the Tucson Basin Aquifer
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Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of ArizonaIssue Date
1972-05-06Keywords
Hydrology -- Arizona.Water resources development -- Arizona.
Hydrology -- Southwestern states.
Water resources development -- Southwestern states.
Transmissivity
Frequency distribution
Hydrologic properties
Aquifers
Groundwater basins
Hydrologic data
Hydrologic systems
Model studies
Drainage patterns (geologic)
Alluvial aquifers
Aquifer testing
Water wells
Digital computers
Analog computers
Arizona
Arid lands
Tucson Basin (Arizona)
Horton's law
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Arizona-Nevada Academy of ScienceAbstract
The distribution of transmissivity within the Tucson basin aquifer, as determined by pumping tests and reviewed in the construction of a digital model of the aquifer, was not totally random in space. Data tended to be distributed normally or log-normally for biased samples of developed wells. A frequency distribution of transmissivity derived from a calibrated digital model is more nearly representative of the real world because the aquifer sample is without bias as the sample constitutes the entire aquifer. Geohydrologic setting, electric analog, and digital models of the basin are discussed. The theory of transmissivity distribution in an arid land alluvial aquifer is developed from Horton's laws of exponential relationship between stream order and drainage network parameters. It is hypothesized that there is an exponential relationship between transmissivity of an alluvial aquifer. A statistical study was made of values derived from the digital model to test the probability density function hypothesized for transmissivity. The mean value is a function of climate and drainage area. These hypotheses require further validation.ISSN
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