Development and application of a MODFLOW preprocessor using percolation theory for fractured media

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 229-239

  Mun, Yuri ^a   Uchrin, Christopher G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractured media; Ground water hydrology; Modeling; MODFLOW; Percolation theory; Software

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKES; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS;

FRACTURE DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURED MEDIA; HYDRAULIC DISCONTINUITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; GROUNDWATER; MODELING;

AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER; MODELING; PERCOLATION; SOFTWARE;

CRANBERRY LAKE; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 1842527380     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01021.x     Document Type: Article

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