Random-walk simulation of transport in heterogeneous porous media: Local mass-conservation problem and implementation methods

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 583-593

  LaBolle, Eric M ^a   Fogg, Graham E ^a   Tompson, Andrew F B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; MODEL; PLUME; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; VELOCITY;

HETEROGENEOUS; POROUS MEDIA; RANDOM WALK; SIMULATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029656620     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03528     Document Type: Article

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