A note on the velocity covariance and transport modeling in partially saturated heterogeneous porous formations of two- and three-dimensional structures

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Russo, David ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL TEXTURE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; MODELLING; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNSATURATED FLOW; VELOCITY COVARIANCE;

EID: 0032033811     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0309-1708(96)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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