The accuracy of stochastic perturbation solutions to subsurface transport problems

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-56

  Li, Shu Guang ^a   McLaughlin, Dennis ^b   Liao, Huasheng ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perturbation technique; Solute transport; Stochastic method

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS;

SUBSURFACE TRANSPORT; TRUNCATION ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0348134615     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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