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The methods used to analyze aquifer tests can be conventionally divided into graphical methods and matching methods. Each conceptual model requires special interpretation of the approaches and procedures for choosing treatment methods for optimal and prompt evaluation of the required characteristics. The choice of the method largely depends on the type of flow regime within the analyzed interval of the observation curve, which may be transient, quasi-steady-state, or steady-state. Thus, graphical methods can be applied to quasi-steady-state flow; graphical methods for distance–drawdown analysis can be used for steady-state flow; and data matching and type-curve methods for transient flow.
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Sindalovskiy, L.N. (2017). Aquifer-Test Analytical Methods. In: Aquifer Test Solutions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43409-4_12
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