A Bayesian approach to stochastic capture zone delineation incorporating tracer arrival times, conductivity measurements, and hydraulic head observations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Feyen, L ^a,b,c   Gomez Hernandez J J ^d   Ribeiro Jr , P J ^e,f   Beven, K J ^g   De Smedt, F ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Groundwater; Spatial stochastic approach; Well capture zones

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; THEOREM PROVING;

STOCHASTIC CAPTURE ZONES; ZONE DELINEATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; FLOW; GROUNDWATER; HEAD (PRESSURE); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TRACER;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; POROUS MEDIUM; TRACER;

EID: 1242296411     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001544     Document Type: Article

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