Uncertainty in deterministic groundwater transport models due to the assumption of macrodispersive mixing: Evidence from the Cape Cod (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) and Borden (Ontario, Canada) tracer tests

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 69-84

  Fitts, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER TRANSPORT;

GADUS MORHUA;

GROUNDWATER; MACRODISPERSIVE; MIXING; MODELS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0029657356     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-7722(95)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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