Multidisciplinary interactions in energy and environmental modeling

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 193-215

  Ewing, Richard E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; Partial differential equations; Reservoir simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DISCRETIZATION TECHNIQUES; HETEROGENEITY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERACTIONS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONTAMINANTS; GROUNDWATER; MODELLING;

FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POROUS MEDIA; REMEDIATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0030571265     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0427(96)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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