Scale effects in transmissivity

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Sánchez Vila, Xavier ^a   Carrera, Jesús ^a   Girardi, Jorge P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; RANDOM PROCESSES;

HETEROGENEITY; LOG NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTILOG NORMAL RANDOM FUNCTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSIVITY;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; SCALE EFFECT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EID: 0030207879     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)80031-X     Document Type: Article

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