On the variances of second spatial moments of a nonergodic plume in heterogeneous aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1893-1900

  Zhang, You Kuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; PLUMES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER PROCESSES; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; LINE SOURCE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL MOMENT;

FLOW VELOCITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; ISOTROPIC AQUIFERS; PARTICLE DISPLACEMENT; SPATIAL MOMENT; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNIFORM MEAN FLOW;

AQUIFERS;

EID: 0030746752     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01340     Document Type: Article

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