Numerical simulation of subsurface characterization methods: Application to a natural aquifer analogue

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 819-829

  Whittaker, Janet ^a,b   Teutsch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERPOLATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION METHODS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; METHODOLOGY; MODELING;

EID: 0033597591     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(98)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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