Another look at the conceptual fundamentals of porous media upscaling

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 276-290

  Christakos, G ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual; Epistemic; Logic; Porous media; Stochastic; Teleology; Uncertainty; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

POROUS MEDIUM; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPSCALING;

EID: 0347595266     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-003-0150-8     Document Type: Article

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