Stochastic analysis of adsorbing solute transport in three-dimensional, heterogeneous, unsaturated soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1947-1956

  Yang, Jinzhong ^a,c   Zhang, Renduo ^a   Wu, Jinquan ^a   Allen, Myron B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLUMES; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADSORPTION; GROUNDWATER PROCESSES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNSATURATED SOIL;

ADSORPTION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOILS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; CONTENT VARIABILITY; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; PERTURBATION METHOD; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030835512     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01232     Document Type: Article

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