Non-ideal transport of reactive solutes in heterogeneous porous media: 3. Model testing and data analysis using calibration versus prediction

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 147-165

  Brusseau, Mark L ^a  

^a Dep of Soil Water and Environmental Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Ground water; Models; Solute transport; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; WATER QUALITY;

REACTIVE SOLUTES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

NUMERICAL METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032144668     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00121-8     Document Type: Article

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