Theoretical analysis of the worthiness of Henry and Elder problems as benchmarks of density-dependent groundwater flow models

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-31

  Simpson, M J ^a   Clement, T P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Density dependent flow; Groundwater modeling; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; GRAVITATION; SALINE WATER; TESTING;

BOUNDARY FORCING;

GROUNDWATER;

DENSITY DRIVEN FLOW; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; UNSATURATED FLOW;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE;

SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0037217890     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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