Solute transport in highly heterogeneous aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 949-961

  Salandin, Paolo ^a   Fiorotto, Virgilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS; DISPERSIONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRAVEL TIME;

HETEROGENEOUS AQUIFERS; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSIONS; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NON-GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SECOND-ORDER SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031961250     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR00219     Document Type: Article

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