Transmissivity and head covariances for flow in highly heterogeneous aquifers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 294, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 39-56

  Dagan, G ^a   Fiori, A ^b   Jankovic I ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Head variogram; Head logtransmissivity covariance; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AQUIFERS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSIVITY;

AQUIFER; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSIVITY;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 2442647968     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.10.022     Document Type: Article

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