Analysis of nonlinear effects on tracer migration in heterogeneous aquifers using Lagrangian travel time statistics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1671-1680

  Cvetkovic, V ^a   Cheng, H ^a   Wen, X H ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ADVECTION; AQUIFERS;

ADVECTION; FLUID FLOW; LAGRANGIAN STATISTICS; NONLINEAR TRANSPORT MODEL; TRACER;

ADVECTION; AQUIFER; FLUID FLOW; MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0029669582     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00278     Document Type: Article

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