The channel network model - A tool for transport simulations in fractured media

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-375

  Gylling, Björn ^a,b   Moreno, Luis ^a   Neretnieks, Ivars ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Kemakta Konsult AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FLOW DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CHAN3D;

CHANNEL FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

CHANNEL; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032948185     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01113.x     Document Type: Article

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