Estimation of macrodispersion by different approximation methods for flow and transport in randomly heterogeneous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 265-287

  Schwarze, H ^a   Jaekel, U ^a   Vereecken, H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Linear theory; Local dispersion; Macrodispersion; Particle tracking; Renormalization; Transport

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA;

POROSITY;

DISPERSION; FLOW ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

DISPERSION; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0035337389     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010771123844     Document Type: Article

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