Concentration fluctuations in transport by groundwater: Comparison between theory and field experiments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-112

  Fiori, Aldo ^a   Dagan, Gedeon ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THERMAL PLUMES;

PORE-SCALE DISPERSIONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELD METHOD; GROUNDWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032950902     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR01862     Document Type: Article

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