Modelling long-term contaminant migration in a catchment at fine spatial and temporal scales using the UP system

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 823-846

  Sloan, W T ^a   Ewen, J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment modelling; Contaminant transport; Down scaling; Environmental impact assessment; Radionuclides; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW OF WATER; IMPURITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RIVERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

CATCHMENT; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; DOWN SCALING; UP SCALING;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; UPSCALING;

EID: 0033617510     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19990430)13:6<823::AID-HYP759>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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