Using the continuum approach to model unsaturated flow in fractured rock

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2055-2066

  Finsterle, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; SEEPAGE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

CALIBRATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REACTOR CORES;

ESTIMATED PARAMETER; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; UNDERGROUND OPENING;

SEEPAGE;

EID: 0033865539     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900122     Document Type: Article

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