A regional-scale particle-tracking method for nonstationary fractured media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Öhman, Johan ^a   Niemi, Auli ^a   Tsang, Chin Fu ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ADVECTIVE-DISPERSIVE EQUATION; BLOCK-WISE TRANSIT TIMES; NONSTATIONARY FRACTURED MEDIA; PARTICLE-TRACKING METHOD;

FRACTURE;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; TRACER;

EID: 17844379763     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003498     Document Type: Article

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