Evidence for non-Gaussian scaling behavior in heterogeneous sedimentary formations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1183-1195

  Painter, Scott ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS SEDIMENTARY; POROUS MEDIA; SCALING;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SCALING RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029656870     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00286     Document Type: Review

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