Stochastic analysis of transverse dispersion in density-coupled transport in aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Welty, Claire ^a   Kane III, Allen C ^b   Kauffman, Leon J ^c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependent transport; Dispersion; Groundwater; Stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VISCOSITY; WATER RESOURCES;

DISPERSION TENSOR; FLUID DENSITY;

AQUIFERS;

DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

AQUIFER; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 1542743174     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001631     Document Type: Article

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