Modeling tracer injection and well-aquifer interactions: A new mathematical and numerical approach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Brouyère, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Groundwater transport modeling; Tracer injection; Tracer techniques

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

MASS BALANCE; TRACER MIXING;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; WELL;

EID: 1542441511     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001813     Document Type: Article

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