High-resolution monte carlo simulation of flow and conservative transport in heterogeneous porous media 1. Methodology and flow results

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 663-677

  Naff, R L ^a   Haley, D F ^b   Sudicky, E A ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW; MONTE CARLO MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM;

FLUID FLOW; MONTE CAROL METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM;

FIELD PLOTTING; FLOW FIELDS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; VELOCITY;

EFFECTIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; SECOND ORDER PERTURBATION; SEEPAGE VELOCITY; TRANSPORT SIMULATION; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; VECTOR COMPONENTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0031895110     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR02712     Document Type: Article

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