Simulation of preferential flow in three-dimensional, heterogeneous conductivity fields with realistic internal architecture

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 533-545

  Webb, Erik K ^a,b   Andersen, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEOUS CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PREFERENTIAL;

BRAIDED CHANNEL SIMULATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029656618     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03399     Document Type: Article

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