A fractal-multifractal approach to groundwater contamination. 1. Modeling conservative tracers at the Borden site

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 357-371

  Puente, C E ^a   Robayo, O ^a   Diaz M C ^a   Sivakumar, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035540299     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009791     Document Type: Article

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