Grid resolution study of ground water flow and transport

Ground Water

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-132

  Bower, Kathleen M ^a   Gable, Carl W ^b   Zyvoloski, George A ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATIGRAPHY;

HYDROSTRATIGRAPHY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT MODELING;

GROUNDWATER;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEVADA; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 15844363875     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.tb02291.x     Document Type: Article

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