Transport in heterogeneous sediments with multimodal conductivity and hierarchical organization across scales

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 294, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 68-86

  Dai, Zhenxue ^a   Ritzi Jr , Robert W ^a   Huang, Chaocheng ^a   Rubin, Yoram N ^b   Dominic, David F ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Global covariance; Hierarchical organization; Microdispersion; Sedimentary units; Stochastic; Transition probability

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISPERSIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY;

MULTIMODAL CONDUCTIVITY;

SEDIMENTS;

CONDUCTIVITY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 2042505537     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.10.024     Document Type: Article

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