Recovering the release history of a groundwater contaminant using a non-linear least-squares method

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1003-1016

  Alapati, S ^a   Kabala, Z J ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant release history; Contaminant transport; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; GROUNDWATER; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

CONTAMINANT RELEASE HISTORY; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT;

CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034034076     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(20000430)14:6<1003::AID-HYP981>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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