Tracer transport in a stochastic continuum model of fractured media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3077-3092

  Tsang, Y W ^a   Tsang, C F ^a   Hale, F V ^a   Dverstorp, B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

DISPERSION; FRACTURE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODEL; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VELOCITY;

CONTINUUM MODEL; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; STOCHASTIC CONTINUUM MODEL; TRACER; TRACER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029660468     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01397     Document Type: Article

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