Influence of aperture variability on dissolutional growth of fissures in karst formations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2843-2853

  Hanna, R Blair ^a   Rajaram, Harihar ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DISSOLUTION; FISSURE; KARST HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

BREAKTHROUGH TIME; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DISSOLUTIONAL GROWTH; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SELECTIVE GROWTH; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VARIABLE APERTURE;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 0031730874     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR01528     Document Type: Article

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