Asymptotic solutions for solute transport: A formalism for tracer tomography

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Vasco, D W ^a,c   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PRESSURE GRADIENTS; TRACER TOMOGRAPHY;

AQUIFERS;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOMOGRAPHY; TRACER;

EID: 0032898326     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR02742     Document Type: Article

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