Effects of first-order approximations on head and specific discharge covariances in high-contrast log conductivity

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1197-1207

  Van Lent, Thomas ^a   Kitanidis, Peter K ^b  

^a South Dakota State Univ   (United States)

^b Stanford University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH; STOCHASTIC METHODS;

DISCHARGE; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERTURBATION APPROXIMATION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0029656857     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00196     Document Type: Article

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