Numerical Implementation of a Backward Probabilistic Model of Ground Water Contamination

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-189

  Neupauer, Roseanna M ^a   Wilson, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; GROUND WATER HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOURCE;

BACK ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542320985     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02666.x     Document Type: Article

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