Stability and Convergence of A Finite Element Method for Reactive Transport in Ground Water

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 881-904

  Chen, Zhangxin ^a   Ewing, Richard E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation law; Convection diffusion reaction equation; Convergence; Finite element and volume method; Mixed method; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004632908     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142994272866     Document Type: Article

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