Stochastic analysis of macrodispersion in a semi-confined aquifer

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-297

  Zhu, Jianting ^a,b   Satish, Mysore G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow; Leakage factor; Macrodispersion; Semi confined aquifer; Spatial variability; Stationarity; Stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TENSORS;

LEAKAGE FACTOR; MACRODISPERSION; SEMI CONFINED AQUIFER; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC FLUCTUATION EQUATIONS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC METHOD;

EID: 0032800005     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006501308769     Document Type: Article

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