Estimation of hydraulic heads with constraints on head gradients across no flow boundaries and their effect on transmissivities estimated from inverse modelling

Online access for this thesis was created in part with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). To obtain a high quality image or document please contact the DeLaMare Library at https://unr.libanswers.com/ or call: 775-784-6945.Techniques to estimate semivariogram parameters were investigated. These techniques are applied to the determination of semivariogram parameters used in the estimation of hydraulic head values at node locations from measured head data. The resulting hydraulic head estimates were used in an inverse groundwater flow model