A two-well method to evaluate transverse dispersivity for tracer tests in a radially convergent flow field

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 223, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 175-197

  Chen, Jui Sheng ^a   Chen, Chia Shyun ^b   Gau, Hwa Sheng ^c   Liu, Chen Wuing ^d  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Division of Geotechnique Engineering   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite Fourier cosine transform; Laplace transform finite difference method; Radially convergent flow field; Tracer test; Transverse dispersion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSINE TRANSFORMS; DISPERSIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

RADIALLY CONVERGENT FLOW FIELD; TRACER TEST; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; TWO WELL METHOD;

WATER WELLS;

DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER; TRACER; WELL;

DISPERSIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRACER; WELL;

EID: 0033214336     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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