Limitations in recovering the history of a groundwater contaminant plume

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 347-359

  Skaggs, Todd H ^a   Kabala, Z J ^b  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical dispersion; Ground water; Inverse problem; Monte Carlo analysis

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THEORY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032415728     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(98)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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