Stochastic interpolation of aquifer properties using fractional Levy motion

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1323-1332

  Painter, Scott ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; PROPERTIES; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC METHODS;

AQUIFER; FRACTIONAL LEVY MOTION; GROUNDWATER; PERMEABILITY; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029656862     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03485     Document Type: Review

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