Some comments on the scale dependence of the hydraulic conductivity in the presence of nested heterogeneity

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Hunt, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SAMPLING;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA;

WATER RESOURCES;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0037217887     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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