Estimating nonaqueous phase liquid spatial variability using partitioning tracer higher temporal moments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Jawitz, James W ^a   Annable, Michael D ^b   Demmy, George G ^c   Rao, P S C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c Layton Graphics Inc   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater hydrology; Groundwater quality; Groundwater transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DATA REDUCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROUS MATERIALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

FLUID MECHANICS;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

FLORIDA; JACKSONVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 17144439013     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001309     Document Type: Article

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