The impact of head gradient transients on transport in heterogeneous formations: Application to the Borden Site

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2705-2713

  Bellin, Alberto ^a   Dagan, Gedeon ^b   Rubin, Yoram ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE; COVARIANCE; DISPERSION; MODEL; PLUME; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

PLUMES; TRANSIENTS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HEAD GRADIENT; PLUME;

EID: 0029663124     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01629     Document Type: Article

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