Multifractal analyses of hydraulic conductivity distributions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2483-2488

  Liu, H H ^a   Molz, F J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; HORIZONTAL VARIATION; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIFRACTAL FORMALISM; MULTIFRACTAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION ANALYSIS;

FRACTALS;

EID: 0030700581     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR02188     Document Type: Article

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