Mixed finite element methods and higher order temporal approximations for variably saturated groundwater flow

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-394

  Farthing, Matthew W ^a   Kees, Christopher E ^b   Miller, Cass T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POROUS MATERIALS;

SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; SATURATED MEDIUM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PHREATIC ZONE;

EID: 0037400206     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00187-2     Document Type: Article

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